A Baltic Sea estuary as a phosphorus source and sink after drastic load reduction: seasonal and long-term mass balances for the Stockholm inner archipelago for 1968–2015

Walve, Jakob; Sandberg, Maria; Larsson, Ulf; Lännergren, Christer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3003-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3003-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3003-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

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17 May 2018

Research article |

| 17 May 2018

A Baltic Sea estuary as a phosphorus source and sink after drastic load reduction: seasonal and long-term mass balances for the Stockholm inner archipelago for 1968–2015

Jakob Walve, Maria Sandberg, Ulf Larsson, and Christer Lännergren

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RC1: 'bg-2017-496 - Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Authors’ response (AR) to comments by referee 1 (RC)', Jakob Walve, 14 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review comments on "A Baltic Sea estuary as phosphorus source and sinks"', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Authors’ response (AR) to comments by referee 2 (RC)', Jakob Walve, 14 Feb 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Feb 2018) by Emilio Marañón

AR by Jakob Walve on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Mar 2018) by Emilio Marañón

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (19 Apr 2018)

ED: Publish as is (19 Apr 2018) by Emilio Marañón

AR by Jakob Walve on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2018)

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Phosphorus (P) release from sediments can delay recovery of eutrophicated waters. For the Stockholm inner archipelago (Baltic Sea), a P budget shows that legacy P release was small and restricted to the 20 years following the large P load reduction in 1975. Current P release is largely a seasonal P recycling in oxic conditions and the area is still a poor P sink. Short P turnover time in the area means that measures binding P in sediments will not be very effective in improving water quality.