sediments from the southern caspian sea, located in iranian coast were examined on the basis of p-fractionation (five forms of phosphorus) by a sequential extraction scheme. ninety-six surface sediment samples (for each season with triplicate) were collected from eight sampling transects in 10 and 100 m depths during summer and winter in 2010-2011. the result indicated that the most abundant fo...

The effects of phosphorus depletion on cardiac muscle function in six awake dogs were evaluated with surgically implanted transducers to serially measure ascending aortic root blood flow and high fidelity left ventricular pressure. After the animals recovered from surgery, phosphorus depletion was induced by feeding them a synthetic phosphorus-deficient diet plus aluminum carbonate gel for 35 d...

phosphorus (p) sorption in soils is a key process governing its availability to crops. there has been scanty information available on the p sorption characteristics of calcare-ous soils of western azarbaijan province, iran. in this study, p sorption characteristics and their relationship to soil properties were determined in 36 soil samples belonging to 15 agricultural soil series located in th...

ruminal bacteria and protozoa provide excellent organic phosphorus (p) sources for the host animal. this experiment was conducted to compare the bioavailability of bacterial and protozoal p in comparison with that of dicalcium phosphate (dcp) as a reference phosphorus source. bacteria and protozoa were isolated from the rumen contents of dairy cows and the chick-model was used to determine the ...

Using a box-sampler, surface and core sediment samples were collected from the Bohai and Yellow Seas in 1998e1999. The sediments were sequentially extracted to determine six phosphorus fractions, and non-sequentially extracted for total P (TP) and inorganic P (IP), where the difference between TP and IP was assumed to be organic P (OP). It was found that more than 70% of the total P is inorgani...

Phosphorus is an essential element for every living organism, but when it exceeds certain limit in water bodies, it will cause serious environmental issues, such as eutrophication. P accumulation in water bodies can be caused by non-point sources, such as agriculture land runoff, as well as from point sources such as wastewater effluent discharges. In order to avoid eutrophication of water bodi...