Contribution of nitrogen and phosphorus by precipitation in the drainage basin of the Santillana Reservoir (Madrid)     

B. Lacalle Pareja  C. Gómez Artola  F. López Vera 《Environmental Geology》1994,23(2):99-104

The contribution of nitrogen and phosphorus due to precipitation constitutes the second most important route after superficial runoff. The sampling carried out during a two-year period by means of a precipitation collector allows us to determine the contribution of this route both qualitatively and quantitatively. Nitrogen is mainly supplied in an inorganic form, while phosphorus is principally supplied as orthophosphate. During the period of this study (March 1986–February 1988) it was found that in the Santillana Reservoir Watershed the level of nitrogen supplied by precipitation constitutes an average of 4.87% and the level of phosphorus constitutes 8.01%. The contribution of nitrogen varies in inverse ratio to precipitation and the contribution of phosphorus varies in direct ratio.  相似文献   

Chemical characterization of porewaters in an intertidal mudflat of the Seine estuary: relationship to erosion-deposition cycles     

Bally G  Mesnage V  Deloffre J  Clarisse O  Lafite R  Dupont JP 《Marine pollution bulletin》2004,49(3):163-173

A seasonal field study was carried out in the Seine estuary to determine the chemistry of sediment porewaters using the 'peeper' technique and changes in the elevation of the mudflats using the 'Altus' technique. This approach allowed us to evaluate the release of nutrients and to link these releases to the sediment hydrodynamics. Our results show that nutrient and organic matter cycling in a Seine estuary mudflat exhibits a seasonal behaviour, which is mainly influenced by variations in hydrodynamics. Sediments, rich organic matter, were input during floods and they were mineralized during summer and autumn, releasing nutrients and dissolved organic carbon into the sediment porewaters. The nutrient release, including ammonium, is mainly linked to the mineralization of organic matter, while the release of phosphate is delayed. The delay could be the result of phosphate association with organic matter and/or its co-precipitation with calcium and iron.  相似文献   

The hydrogeochemistry of the Lake Waco drainage basin,Texas   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

S.?I.?DworkinEmail author 《Environmental Geology》2003,45(1):106-114

The origin of surface water chemistry in highly impacted drainage basins must be investigated on a drainage-basin scale if the causes of the pollution are to be elucidated. This study characterizes and deciphers the surface water chemistry of a nutrient polluted river system in central Texas. Four tributaries of the Lake Waco reservoir were chemically characterized temporally and spatially in order to gain a complete understanding of the nature and origin of dissolved solids being transported into the lake. Temporal chemical variations measured at the base of each of the drainage basins are repetitive and seasonal. The most periodic and well-defined variation is exhibited by nitrate concentrations although many of the other solutes show seasonal changes as well. These temporal chemical changes are controlled by seasonal precipitation. During rainy seasons, the shallow aquifer is recharged resulting in stream discharge that is high in nitrate, calcium, and bicarbonate. When the shallow flow system is depleted in the summer, stream waters are dominated by deeper groundwater and become rich in sodium. Spatial variations in the chemistry of South Bosque surface waters were characterized using the snapshot technique. The spatial distribution of nitrate in surface waters is controlled by fertilizer application to row crops and the location of a munitions factory. The concentrations of naturally derived solutes such as Ca⁺, Na⁺, Cl^–, and SO₄^–2are controlled by underlying lithologies.  相似文献   

Impact of elevated ammonium on reproduction in two Hawaiian scleractinian corals with different life history patterns     

Cox EF  Ward S 《Marine pollution bulletin》2002,44(11):1230-1235

Elevated nutrients have the potential to disrupt reproduction in scleractinian corals, with consequent impacts on population dynamics. Reproduction in broadcast spawning (Montipora capitata) and brooding (Pocillopora damicornis) species was assessed following exposure to elevated ammonium in a microcosm experiment. Planulation in P. damicornis ceased following 4 months of ammonium exposure and did not recover until 3 months after termination of nutrient enrichment. Larval settlement and survivorship were not affected by ammonium enrichment. Few significant changes were found for reproductive parameters of M. capitata. There was a significant but small decrease in egg size (430 microm in control eggs to 408 microm in eggs from ammonium enrichment treatments), but no differences in total fecundity or fertilization success. This may be related to the presence of zooxanthellae in the eggs of M. capitata, in contrast to changes in reproduction previously reported in Acropora species, whose eggs do not contain zooxanthellae.  相似文献   

Nutrient control of the global occurrence of isolated carbonate banks     

A. Vecsei 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2003,92(4):476-481

The growth and origin of the world's isolated carbonate banks are as yet not completely understood. This paper presents a comparison of the areas, depths, and latitudinal distribution of the world's carbonate banks. These are then compared with chemical parameters of seawater in the upper mixed zone of the oceans and at depth. The results allow large-scale inferences to be made on the interacting controls on bank growth and distribution. The data support the hypothesis that nutrient-rich waters commonly control bank depth and size.  相似文献   

Dissolved inorganic nutrients and organic substrates in the River Warnow (North-Eastern Germany) – Utilisation by bacterioplankton     

Heike M. Freese  Solvig Grs  Ulf Karsten  Rhena Schumann 《Limnologica》2007,37(3):264-277

After 1990, external loads of Central European rivers with inorganic nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and organic material were reduced because of changed environmental laws. However, in the eutrophic lowland River Warnow, North-Eastern Germany, nitrate concentrations remained high with 35–185 μmol l⁻¹ without a significant decrease since 1992. In contrast, phosphate concentrations, varying between 0.3 and 5.2 μmol l⁻¹ during the growth season 2002, decreased significantly over the years. However, its concentrations still exceeded 1 μmol l⁻¹ regularly in the growth seasons. This load led to a substantial accumulation of organic matter additional to high terrestrial inputs. Despite the high organic load, the remineralising bacteria were mainly inactive in River Warnow. Therefore, the composition of the dissolved organic material, especially its bioavailability, were investigated during the growth season 2002 and discussed with other potential controlling factors. River Warnow carried a high load of dissolved organic carbon (14 mg l⁻¹), especially of humic substances (5.5 mg C l⁻¹). Bacterial abundance (12×10⁶ ml⁻¹) as well as production (1.7 μg C l⁻¹ h⁻¹) depended on temperature. During late spring and summer at constantly higher temperatures, bacterial production correlated positively to readily utilisable substrates and to humic compounds. Thus, the bacterial community in River Warnow may be well adapted or contain enough species using the available amino acids and carbohydrates as well as humic matter compounds. However, calculated from protozoan biomass, grazing may control bacterial biomass and perhaps community composition profoundly, what lead to the low percentages of active bacteria.  相似文献   

Spatial patterning of water quality in Biscayne Bay, Florida as a function of land use and water management   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Caccia VG  Boyer JN 《Marine pollution bulletin》2005,50(11):1416-1429

An objective classification analysis was performed on a water quality data set from 25 sites collected monthly during 1994-2003. The water quality parameters measured included: TN, TON, DIN, NH4+, NO3-, NO2-, TP, SRP, TN:TP ratio, TOC, DO, CHL A, turbidity, salinity and temperature. Based on this spatial analysis, Biscayne Bay was divided into five zones having similar water quality characteristics. A robust nutrient gradient, driven mostly by dissolved inorganic nitrogen, from alongshore to offshore in the main Bay, was a large determinant in the spatial clustering. Two of these zones (Alongshore and Inshore) were heavily influenced by freshwater input from four canals which drain the South Dade agricultural area, Black Point Landfill, and sewage treatment plant. The North Bay zone, with high turbidity, phytoplankton biomass, total phosphorus, and low DO, was affected by runoff from five canals, the Munisport Landfill, and the urban landscape. The South Bay zone, an embayment surrounded by mangrove wetlands with little urban development, was high in dissolved organic constituents but low in inorganic nutrients. The Main Bay was the area most influenced by water exchange with the Atlantic Ocean and showed the lowest nutrient concentrations. The water quality in Biscayne Bay is therefore highly dependent of the land use and influence from the watershed.  相似文献   

营养盐对中肋骨条藻和新月菱形藻生长及氮磷组成的影响   总被引：24，自引：4，他引：20  

李铁  胡立阁  史致丽 《海洋与湖沼》2000,31(1):46-52

：于１９９５年５月１９９６年３月通过一次培养实验,研究了培养介质中营养盐含量变化对中肋骨条藻和新月菱形藻生长速率和藻体氮、磷含量的影响。根据Ｍｏｎｏｄ方程,磷酸盐影响中肋骨条藻和新月菱形藻生长速率的半饱和常数分别为０．５４μｍｏｌ／Ｌ和０．５０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ;硝酸盐影响两种藻生长速率的半饱和常数分别为４．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ和１４．６μｍｏｌ／Ｌ,相比之下新月菱形藻更容易受到氮不足的限制。将Ｍｏｎｏｄ方程扩展得到营养限制复合模式,限制程度可用限制作用系数定量化表示,代表氮或磷。培养介质中营养盐浓度是限制浮游植物生长的决定因素,其Ｎ／Ｐ比值则反映ＮＯ_３－Ｎ和ＰＯ_４－Ｐ何者起主要限制作用。藻体氮、磷含量随和有明显变化。当＜０．８０时较低,磷含量因贮存而明显升高;当＜０．８０时藻体磷含量下降,氮含量略有增加。藻体氮含量或＞０．８０时基本上为非限制状态。  相似文献   

人类活动引起的营养物质输入对海湾生态环境的影响机理与调控原理   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Huang Xiaoping  Zhang Jingping  Jiang Zhijian 《地球科学进展》2015,30(9):961-969

近几十年来,高强度人类活动导致海湾生态环境恶化、生态系统失衡,已严重威胁到海岸带地区经济和社会的可持续发展。营养物质输入是人类活动影响海湾生态环境的关键因素。海湾营养物质来源多样,形态转化多变,生态过程及其效应复杂,营养物质在海湾的迁移转化规律及其对海湾生态环境的影响过程与机理,是国际海洋生态环境研究的前沿。目前,国际海湾生态环境研究主要呈现出如下发展趋势:1从环境质量、生物群落结构等现象研究转向环境变化机理、生态系统结构与功能的响应机制研究;2从对海湾生态环境某个环节的研究转向对海湾生态系统的全过程、系统性研究;3从单纯研究海湾水体转向陆海相互作用的完整性研究,并从管理上提出海陆统筹的要求;4从对海湾生态环境某个时段变化的研究转向生态系统长期连续变化规律的研究。未来应重点开展的研究包括:营养物质在半封闭性海湾长期滞留聚集条件下的迁移转化规律;营养物质变化对海湾生态系统结构与功能的影响过程与机制;基于生态系统水平的海湾综合管理理论体系。  相似文献   

Selective depressions of surface silicic acid within cyclonic mesoscale eddies in the oligotrophic western North Pacific     

《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2014

To reveal spatial dynamics of silicic acid [Si(OH)₄] in the poorly sampled oligotrophic western North Pacific, we investigated the surface distribution of Si(OH)₄ and associated biogeochemical parameters by using an underway survey system with a highly sensitive nutrient analyzer along the 138°E transect (between 30 and 34°N) and the 155°E transect (between 10 and 35°N) during the summers of 2007 and 2008. Surface Si(OH)₄ concentrations ranged from the detection limit (11 nmol L⁻¹) to 2462 nmol L⁻¹. High Si(OH)₄ concentrations (>1000 nmol L⁻¹) and dynamic fluctuations were generally observed north of 23°N, while consistently stable low concentrations of 415–751 nmol L⁻¹ were observed south of 23°N. Surface nitrate+nitrite (N+N) and phosphate (PO₄³⁻) were typically depleted to <20 nmol L⁻¹, except for PO₄³⁻ in the area south of 16°N. The majority of the study area was characterized by high-Si(OH)₄ and low-N+N and PO₄³⁻. However, submesoscale/mesoscale depressions of Si(OH)₄ were locally observed in the cyclonic eddy fields north of 23°N. Among a total of six Si(OH)₄ depressions within the eddies, a complete Si(OH)₄ depletion (<11 nmol L⁻¹) was observed on the cyclonic side near the Kuroshio axis (33.1°N, 138°E). This depletion was closely coupled with a diatom bloom, suggesting that Si(OH)₄ was exhausted by diatoms. All of the Si(OH)₄ depressions were selective and not accompanied by local depressions of N+N and PO₄³⁻. This unique phenomenon might be driven by biogeochemical processes such as selective Si export (Si pump), anomalous Si uptake associated with diatom physiology, and/or Si uptake supported by N₂ fixation.  相似文献