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Diffusion of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Across the Sediment-Water Interface and In Seawater at Aquaculture Areas of Daya Bay, China

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ID15509090
AuthorsXiangju Cheng (0000-0003-4276-5856, South China University of Technology, corresponding author), Yingxue Zeng (South China University of Technology), Zhen‐Ren Guo (0000-0002-8720-9442, South China Institute Of Environmental Sciences), Liangsheng Zhu (South China University of Technology)
Year2014
Volume11
Issue2
Pages1557-1572
Publication date2014-01-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph110201557
PMID24477216
PMCIDPMC3945554
OpenAlexW1971221553
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited1

With the yearly increasing marine culture activities in floating cages in Daya Bay, China, the effects of pollution may overlap and lead to more severe water environmental problems. In order to track the impacts of the marine culture in floating cages on water environment, sediments and overlying water were sampled by cylindrical samplers at three representative aquaculture areas of Daya Bay. The water content, porosity, density of sediments as well as the vertical distributions of ammonia nitrogen and active phosphate in pore water along sediments depth were measured. The release rate and annual released quantity of the nutrients across sediment-water interface were calculated using Fick's Law. A horizontal two-dimensional mathematical model was developed to compute the spatial and temporal distributions of the nutrients in seawater after being released across the sediment-water interface. The results showed that the sediments, with a high content and a large annual released quantity of nitrogen and phosphorus, constitute a potential inner source of seawater pollution. Influenced by tide and water depth, the scope of diffusion and migration of the nutrients appears as a long belt which is about 1 km long and 50 m wide. Seawater in this area is vulnerable to eutrophication

Aquaculture · Bay · Biology · China · Fish · Fishery · Geography · Metallurgy · Nitrogen · Phosphorus · Seawater · Sediment · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies · Materials Science · Water Quality and Pollution Assessment · Geology · Oceanography

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Citations per year0.33
Citation span2017 - 2019 (3)
Highly citedNo
Open DOISci-HubOpen Access
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