Release and Capillary Movement of Phosphorus 

 TABLE 2 



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Total and Inorganic Phosphorus in Bay Waters Near the Institute 

 OF Marine Science at Locations Shown in Figure 1 



Area 



Inorganic P 

 /igA/L-Cl%o Ratio 



Total P 



tigA/L-Cl%„ 



Ratio 



Lydia Ann 



Channel (T 



Oppenheinier 

 Slough (2) 



Redfish Bay (3) 



Corpus Christi 

 Channel (4) 



Corpus Christi 

 Bay (5) 



Oso Bay (6) 



Redfish Bay (7) 



Gulf of Mexico (8) 



Laguna Madre (9) 

 Average 



.047 



.132 



DISCUSSION 



The data in Tables 1 and 2 indicate that phosphates are 

 concentrated at sediment surfaces where water which is sucked 

 from the sediments b)' capillaiy activity evaporates. A similar cor- 

 relation is indicated by the relatively higher phosphorus content 



