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The effects of biofilms on chemical processes in surficial sediments
1. The objectives of the present work were: (a) to evaluate the effects of the development and the presence of a photosynthetically active algal biofilm on chemical fluxes and processes at the sediment–water interface; (b) to measure the effects of the biofilm on chemical concentration gradients in...
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| description | 1. The objectives of the present work were: (a) to evaluate the effects of the development and the presence of a photosynthetically active algal biofilm on chemical fluxes and processes at the sediment–water interface; (b) to measure the effects of the biofilm on chemical concentration gradients in the bulk sediment; and (c) to monitor pH and dissolved oxygen concentration in the biofilm, and through the sediment–water interface using microelectrodes.
2. Two experiments were performed over a period of 8 weeks using a recirculating fluvarium channel containing river sediments with an exposed surface of 0.2 m2 and 20 dm3 of overlying solution. The first experiment was in darkness with minimal effects of a photosynthetically active biofilm. The second experiment in natural light produced a complex photosynthetic biofilm involving a succession of diatoms, green algae and cyanobacteria.
3. The solution overlying the biofilm was monitored continuously for dissolved calcium, silicon, phosphorus, alkalinity and oxygen, as well as conductivity, temperature and pH. The surface of the sediment was also monitored for biological and physical changes as the biofilm developed. The overlying solution was analysed over a period of 48 h at 2‐h intervals to examine the effects of a well‐developed algal biofilm. At the end of the 48 h, pH and oxygen microelectrodes were used to measure gradients above and through the biofilm, and porewaters were analysed from sediments which had been longitudinally sectioned at a maximum depth resolution of 0.5 mm.
4. Biofilm development had a large influence on the composition of the overlying solution and the development of vertical concentration gradients of solutes in the porewater. Once a diatom community was established, the concentration of dissolved silicon was low ( |
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