Phosphorus seasonal sorption-desorption kinetics in suspended sediment in response to land use and management in the Guaporé catchment, Southern Brazil.

Phosphate sorption-desorption parameters like maximum phosphorus (P) adsorption capacity (P ), equilibrium phosphorus concentration (EPC), water desorbable P (α), potentially bioavailable P (β), and mobility index (α/β ratio) were determined in order to understand the sediment source-sink nature in Guaporé catchment in southern Brazil during summer and winter 2013 and 2014. The result showed a significant (p = 0.05) variation across sediment site or seasons and revealed the most sorption-desorption parameters (P , α, β) with the increments following the order urban sediments > intensive agriculture under CT > intensive agriculture under NT > low agriculture sub-catchments (sub1 and sub2) > native forest.