Sedimentary record of water column trophic conditions and sediment carbon fluxes in a tropical water reservoir (Valle de Bravo, Mexico)

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 4680 - 4694
• Main Authors: Carnero-Bravo, Vladislav, Merino-Ibarra, Martín, Ruiz-Fernández, Ana Carolina, Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan Albert, Ghaleb, Bassam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2015; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic Pollution; Archives & records; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biofilms; Carbon; Carbon - analysis; Carbon Cycle; Cesium radioisotopes; Cities; Cores; Cyanobacteria; Dam construction; Dams; Drinking water; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystem; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental impact; Environmental Monitoring; Eutrophic environments; Eutrophication; Evolution; Fresh Water - chemistry; Freshwater ecosystems; Freshwater environments; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Metropolitan areas; Mexico; nitrogen content; Nutrient concentrations; Organic carbon; Pesticide toxicity; Pesticides; radiometry; Research Article; Reservoirs; Rivers; Sea level; Sediments; soil; Total organic carbon; Toxicity; Waste Water Technology; Water column; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollution Control; Water quality; water reservoirs; Water shortages; Water supply; Mexico; Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico City; Lake sediments; Pb chronology; Valle de Bravo reservoir; Eutrophication; Organic carbon fluxes

Valle de Bravo (VB) is the main water reservoir of the Cutzamala hydraulic system, which provides 40 % of the drinking water consumed in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area and exhibits symptoms of eutrophication. Nutrient (C, N and P) concentrations were determined in two sediment cores to reconstruc...