Phosphate buffering in mangrove sediment pore water under eutrophication and deforestation influences.

Phosphorus (P) behavior was evaluated in mangrove wetlands impacted by urban sewage, including a deforested site. Sediment cores were analyzed for grain size, organic carbon, total nitrogen, stable isotopes (δC and δN), P contents, and pore water PO concentrations and net consumption/production rates. Under stronger eutrophication influence, significantly higher P (1390 vs.

Nutrient regeneration susceptibility under contrasting sedimentary conditions from the Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil.

Dissolved silicate (DSi), NH4(+), NO3(-) and PO4(3-) susceptibility to be exchanged between sediment pore waters and overlying waters was evaluated in Jurujuba Sound (JS station) and Coroa Grande Sound (CGS station), southeastern Brazil. Sedimentary elemental (C, N and P) and isotopic (δ(13)C and δ(15)N) compositions evidenced stronger anthropogenic fertilization in JS station. Net NO3(-) influxes from overlying waters occurred, which was two orders of magnitude higher under the more fertilized condition.