Potential release of phosphorus from shallow sediments to lakewater

• Author / Creator

  Shaw, Jacqueline Françoise Helen

• Doctoral thesis. Investigates the exchange of phosphorus from shallow sediments at nine Alberta lakes, and the relationships between phosphorus in shallow sediments and in the trophogenic zone of seven Alberta lakes. Results indicate phosphorus release from shallow sediments should not be ignored during investigations of phosphorus cycling in lakes.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Lake sediments--Alberta
  • Phosphorus--Environmental aspects--Alberta

• Graduation date

  1989

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3VM4361R

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.