DISTRIBUTION AND POLLUTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS FROM THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY
DISTRIBUTION AND POLLUTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS FROM THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY
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2007
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Yue Wei
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Yue Wei
The Pearl River Estuary is a typical estuary with susceptibility in environmental ecological factors,suffering frequently from eutrophication and red tide. To understand the spatial distribution of nitrogen and phosphorus,and the mechanism of nutriment cycle from sediment to seawater,16 samples were collected from the estuary surface sediments,for determining the concentration and forms of the nutrients and other metals. Single standard index method was used to assess the pollution of nitrogen and phosphorus in sediment. The results indicate that the content of total nitrogen was relatively higher in the surface sediment in average of 1649mg/kg,in which 83.17% was organic nitrogen that averaged at 1374mg/kg. NH4-N was the main form of inorganic nitrogen in average of 209.64mg/kg,with minor NO3-N and NO2-N together at 54.87mg/kg. The mean content of total phosphorus was 455.94mg/kg in surface sediment,in which organic one took 39.41% at 179.69mg/kg. The mean content of Fe-P and Al-P was 94.97mg/kg. The contents of different forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in different sites were mainly influenced by terrigenous inputs,sediment grain size and hydro-dynamics. All the single standard indexes of total phosphorus were below 1,indicating that the content of the total phosphorus was relatively low. However,the content of total nitrogen was high,the standard indexes ranged from 1.96 to 3.86,which indicated that the nitrogen pollution was relatively serious.