Preface: Advances in phosphorus inactivation

Abstract

Wagner KJ. 2017. Preface: Advances in phosphorus inactivation. Lake Reserv Manage. 33:103–107.Experience from more than 4 decades of phosphorus inactivation research, projects, and follow up monitoring has led to improved understanding of mechanisms and results that enhance the ability of lake managers to control P availability in lake water and sediment. Recent advances derived largely from monitoring lakes treated with aluminum or lanthanum over an extended time have shed light on important factors in dose determination, binding efficiency, application processes, benefits of treatment, and duration of benefits. Advances are embodied in 10 articles in this issue of Lake and Reservoir Management that, along with important literature from the last 2 decades cited in those papers, documents improvement in our knowledge and application of P inactivation as a tool in lake management.