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Distribution of nitrogen forms in surface sediments of lakes from different regions, China

Authors: Shouliang Huo, Jingtian Zhang, Beidou Xi, Fengyu Zan, Jing Su, Hong Yu

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 5/2014

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The characteristics of nitrogen fractions in the surface sediments of lakes from Eastern Plain Region, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Region, Northeast China Region, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Region and Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau Region were investigated and the differences of five lake regions on nitrogen fractionation were discussed. The results indicated that organic nitrogen (N_org) was the major nitrogen fraction accounting for 76.38–92.02 % of N_tot in sediments. The rank order of average N_org and N_tot of sediments in five lake regions was: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Region > Northeast China Region > Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau Region > Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Region > Eastern Plain Region. The exchangeable nitrogen had a similar distribution as organic nitrogen in the studied sediments. NH₄ ⁺–N is the main exchangeable nitrogen of sediments in the studied lakes except in Lake Qinghai and Lake Yamdrok which contained higher nitrate concentrations than ammonium. Fixed ammonium (N_fix) in the sediments of studied lakes was irregularly distributed with the values ranging from 99.45 to 329.02 mg/kg. TOC was significantly and positively correlated with ammonium, nitrate, N_org and N_tot, while N_fix was negatively correlated with nitrate probably due to electrostatic attraction between N_fix and nitrate in layers of sediments.

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Title: Distribution of nitrogen forms in surface sediments of lakes from different regions, China
Authors: Shouliang Huo
Jingtian Zhang
Beidou Xi
Fengyu Zan
Jing Su
Hong Yu
Publication date: 01-03-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2622-6

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