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Titre :	Laboratory Determination of Molybdenum Accumulation Rates as a Measure of Hypoxic Conditions
Auteurs :	Warren S. Boothman, Auteur ; Laura L. Coiro, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Estuaries and Coasts (32(4) JUL 2009)
Article en page(s) :	642-653
Résumé :	Enrichment of molybdenum (Mo) in reducing sediments due to authigenic fixation in anoxic interstitial waters could provide an indicator of hypoxic conditions that integrates over substantial temporal extents. Sediments maintained under controlled dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions showed elevated concentrations of Mo when exposed to low DO concentrations. Mo accumulation was linearly related to time of exposure in treatments below 2.8 mg O(2)/L, with less or no accumulation at higher concentrations. Rates of accumulation were independent of DO concentration below 2.8 mg/L. Accumulation occurred at DO concentrations higher than those limiting accumulation in field settings, with rates in the lowest treatments similar to those in sediments of deep basins with restricted circulation and low DO concentrations.

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