title: The phosphorus speciations in the sediments up- and down-stream of cascade dams along the middle Lancang River.
abstract: We detected the longitudinal variability of phosphorus speciations and its relation to metals and grain size distribution of sediments in three cascade canyon reservoirs (Xiaowan, Manwan and Dachaoshan) along Lancang River, China. Five phosphorus speciations including loosely bound P (ex-P), reductant soluble P (BD-P), metal oxide-bound P (NaOH-P) calcium-bound P (HCl-P) and residual-P were extracted and quantified. Results showed that in Manwan Reservoir HCl-P accounted for the largest part of total phosphorus (TP) (49.69%), while in Xiaowan and Dachaoshan reservoirs, NaOH-P was the most abundant speciation which accounted for 57.21% and 55.19% of total phosphorus respectively. Higher contents of bio-available phosphorus in Xiaowan and Dachaoshan reservoirs suggested a high rate of P releasing from sediments. Results also showed ex-P and HCl-P had positive correlation with Ca. Total phosphorus was positively correlated with Fe. The silt/clay contents of the sediments had close relationship with ex-P (r=0.413, p<0.05), NaOH-P (r=0.428, p<0.05) and BAP (r=0.458, p<0.05). The concentration of Ca, Mn and silt/clay speciation in the sediments explained 40%, 10% and 4% of the spatial variation of phosphorus speciations, respectively.
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China. Electronic address: shiliangliu@bnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shiliang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Haidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Qinghe
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing 100875, PR China.
authors.forename: Shikui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000032:analysis; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001682:Biological Availability; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China; D000077215:Clay; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D008345:Manganese / Q000032:analysis; D010316:Particle Size; D017553:Phosphorus Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D017553:Phosphorus Compounds; D008345:Manganese; D007501:Iron; D002118:Calcium; D000077215:Clay
keywords: Bio-available phosphorus; Cascade hydropower dams; Longitudinal variation; Phosphorus speciations; Sediment