Changes of the phosphorus in sediments of the dams in the down part of Oum Rabiaa basin (Morocco)
The study of the phosphorus, factor responsible for the freshwater eutrophication, has been undertaken in order to evaluate potentialities of mobility of this element in sediments of the down part of the Oum Rabiaa basin (Imfout - Atlantic Ocean); characterized by the three dams in series (Imfout, Daourat and Sidi Maachou). The presence of these three dams in series is responsible of the distribution of the phosphorus in the sediments of this section by reducing fluvial contributions to the endorsement. The speciation of phosphorus of sediment show that the phosphorus was principally present in inorganic form (68%); the fraction CaCO3 -P was higher than that of the Fe(OOH)-P. The organic fractions represented 32% of total phosphorus. The phosphate mobility accounted for 20% of total phosphorus, the fractions mobility accounted for 15% of PT. The difference measured between the mobility considered by fraction and the total mobility, observed during of an annual cycle, was explained by the internal mobility, to the breast of the sediment, between the different fractions. Environnemental conditions (pH, dissolved oxygen) are responsible since they favor the release by a fraction at the same time that the stocking by an other.