Main Title |
Relaxation between Pore Water Chemistry and Benthic Fluxes of Nutrients and Manganese in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. |
Author |
McCaffrey, Richard J. ;
Myers, Allen C. ;
Davey, Earl ;
Morrison, George ;
Bender, Michael ;
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CORP Author |
Rhode Island Univ., Narragansett. Graduate School of Oceanography.;Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI. |
Year Published |
1980 |
Report Number |
EPA-R-803243; EPA-600/J-80-324 ; ERLN-X13 |
Stock Number |
PB82-124272 |
Additional Subjects |
Nutrients ;
Manganese ;
Narragansett Bay ;
Water chemistry ;
Rhode Island ;
Sediments ;
Organic compounds ;
Benthonic zone ;
Sodium ;
Soil water ;
Reprints ;
Sediment water interfaces
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB82-124272 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
16p |
Abstract |
Benthic fluxes of dissolved nutrients and manganese from biologically disturbed, relatively unpolluted sediment in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, have been measured. Analyses of the vertical gradients of chemical species dissolved in pore waters and the uptake of (22)Na from the overlying water permits evaluation of the contribution of biological advection and molecular diffusion to the transport of dissolved materials across the sediment-water interface. The activity of bottom-dwelling organisms appears to be about as important as molecular diffusion in most cases. The sum of the independently estimated contributions by both mechanisms is in good agreement with integrated benthic fluxes measured in situ. Sulfate and oxygen oxidize comparable amounts of organic matter in these sediments. (Copyright (c) 1980, by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.) |