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Articles | Volume 13, issue 20
Articles | Volume 13, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5753-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5753-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 20
Research article
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18 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2016

Modelling nutrient retention in the coastal zone of an eutrophic sea

Elin Almroth-Rosell, Moa Edman, Kari Eilola, H. E. Markus Meier, and Jörgen Sahlberg

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Nutrients from land have been discussed to increase eutrophication in the open sea. This model study shows that the coastal zone works as an efficient filter. Water depth and residence time regulate the retention that occurs mostly in the sediment due to processes such as burial and denitrification. On shorter timescales the retention capacity might seem less effective when the land load of nutrients decreases, but with time the coastal zone can import nutrients from the open sea.
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