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In an article I was reading Byron mentioned “As TDS increase, the ability of the water to hold oxygen decreases proportionally” are you making reference to “SALT” such as salt water or are you considering the notion that any TDS such as iron or other minerals as well as necessary nutrients would decrease the ability of the water column to accept the diffusion of oxygen?? Are you also including carbon dioxides diffusion in to the water column as being restricted by TDS??
I know that at TFK questioning presented facts is not appropriate so I am only asking for more information about this notion. I must be mistaken in thinking that oxygen diffusion influencing factors are air pressure, salt content, and temperature. Since the oxygen content of the air is constant so the rate of oxygen diffusion is defined by the saturation of the water at the air/water interface.
Considering photosynthesis, if one has live plants, will the relationship between TDS & oxygen diffusion into the water column be the same as with air/water interface? What happens when photosynthetically produced oxygen cannot be diffused into the water column, will the plants revert to respiration state and release valuable carbon dioxide?
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In an article I was reading Byron mentioned “As TDS increase, the ability of the water to hold oxygen decreases proportionally” are you making reference to “SALT” such as salt water or are you considering the notion that any TDS such as iron or other minerals as well as necessary nutrients would decrease the ability of the water column to accept the diffusion of oxygen?? Are you also including carbon dioxides diffusion in to the water column as being restricted by TDS??
I know that at TFK questioning presented facts is not appropriate so I am only asking for more information about this notion. I must be mistaken in thinking that oxygen diffusion influencing factors are air pressure, salt content, and temperature. Since the oxygen content of the air is constant so the rate of oxygen diffusion is defined by the saturation of the water at the air/water interface.
Considering photosynthesis, if one has live plants, will the relationship between TDS & oxygen diffusion into the water column be the same as with air/water interface? What happens when photosynthetically produced oxygen cannot be diffused into the water column, will the plants revert to respiration state and release valuable carbon dioxide?
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