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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/69395Sorption Characteristics of Dissolved Phosphorus Compounds onto Iron (Oxy)hydroxides in Seawater
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| Title: | Sorption Characteristics of Dissolved Phosphorus Compounds onto Iron (Oxy)hydroxides in Seawater |
| Authors: | Sulak, Daniel |
| Contributors: | Ruttenberg, Kathleen (advisor) Oceanography (department) Global Environmental Science (department) |
| Keywords: | biogeochemistry |
| Date Issued: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Place of Publication: | Honolulu |
| Abstract: | Sorption of phosphorus (P) compounds by iron (Fe) (oxy)hydroxides significantly influences dissolved P concentrations in marine environments. This research offers comparisons of the kinetics and extent of the sorption of phosphate (PO4), adenosine monophosphate (AMP), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) onto the Fe phases ferrihydrite, goethite, and hematite. Isotherm experiments were conducted in which artificial seawater solutions containing various concentrations of a single P compound were mixed with a single Fe-phase and allowed to equilibrate for three days. Kinetics experiments in which several identical samples were shaken at a constant temperature and sacrificed in a time series were also carried out. For all P compounds, the extent and rate of uptake from solution was in the order ferrihydrite ≫ goethite > hematite. The extent of uptake of P onto ferrihydrite and goethite was of the order PO4 >G6P>ATP>AMP, while for hematite the order was ATP>PO4 >AMP>G6P. While PO4 and organic P compounds displayed similar sorption behavior, there exist differences in the sorption capacities and affinities of different P compound/Fe-phase combinations. The different sorption behavior for the various P compound/Fe-oxide combinations has important implications for the potential release of sorbed P compounds and the bioavailability of P in aquatic systems. |
| Pages/Duration: | 59 pages |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/69395 |
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| Rights Holder: | Sulak, Daniel |
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