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The transport and cycling of nutrients through the various pools in water, soil and sediment is controlling the long term and short term productivity of water bodies. An understanding of the size of these pools and the fluxes between them is essential for the assessment of the usefulness of management measures resulting in reduced external input and the anticipated resilience of the system towards changes in trophic character. Large pools, such as phosphorus in surficial sediments and nitrate in groundwater have a potential for prolonged stimulation of productivity. Diffuse sources, fluxes towards sinks, competition between biota and adsorbents for sparse nutrients, feedback mechanisms, non-linearities and shifts among prevailing processes are discussed.
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Lijklema, L. Nutrient dynamics in shallow lakes: effects of changes in loading and role of sediment-water interactions. Hydrobiologia 275, 335–348 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026724
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