13 Benthic phosphorus release from sediment to water

13 Benthic phosphorus release from sediment to water

Jouni Lehtoranta
Senior Researcher PhD (Limnology)
Finnish Environment Institute
Research Department
Research Programme for the Protection of the Baltic Sea
Box 140
FIN-00251 Helsinki Finland
jouni.lehtoranta@ymparisto.fi

• 13.1 Introduction
• 13.2 Significance of benthic phosphorus flux
• 13.3 Binding of phosphorus in sediments
• 13.4 Release mechanisms of phosphorus from sediment to water
• 13.5 Transformation of phosphorus in sediments

13 Benthic phosphorus release from sediment to water