Non-linear partial least square regression increases the estimation accuracy of grass nitrogen and phosphorus using in situ hyperspectral and environmental data     

《ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing》2013

Grass nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations are direct indicators of rangeland quality and provide imperative information for sound management of wildlife and livestock. It is challenging to estimate grass N and P concentrations using remote sensing in the savanna ecosystems. These areas are diverse and heterogeneous in soil and plant moisture, soil nutrients, grazing pressures, and human activities. The objective of the study is to test the performance of non-linear partial least squares regression (PLSR) for predicting grass N and P concentrations through integrating in situ hyperspectral remote sensing and environmental variables (climatic, edaphic and topographic). Data were collected along a land use gradient in the greater Kruger National Park region. The data consisted of: (i) in situ-measured hyperspectral spectra, (ii) environmental variables and measured grass N and P concentrations. The hyperspectral variables included published starch, N and protein spectral absorption features, red edge position, narrow-band indices such as simple ratio (SR) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The results of the non-linear PLSR were compared to those of conventional linear PLSR. Using non-linear PLSR, integrating in situ hyperspectral and environmental variables yielded the highest grass N and P estimation accuracy (R² = 0.81, root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.08, and R² = 0.80, RMSE = 0.03, respectively) as compared to using remote sensing variables only, and conventional PLSR. The study demonstrates the importance of an integrated modeling approach for estimating grass quality which is a crucial effort towards effective management and planning of protected and communal savanna ecosystems.  相似文献   

Coastal pollution due to increasing nutrient flux in aquaculture sites     

C. P. C. David  Y. Y. Sta. Maria  F. P. Siringan  J. M. Reotita  P. B. Zamora  C. L. Villanoy  E. Z. Sombrito  R. V. Azanza 《Environmental Geology》2009,58(2):447-454

The supply of nitrogen and phosphorus in coastal zones through time is reflected in the nutrients’ concentration in the sediment record. Five aquaculture sites in the Philippines were investigated in an effort to establish how long-term changes in land and coastal water use could have led to biogeochemical modifications affecting the coastal ecosystem. Samples from study sites show a narrow concentration range for nitrogen and did not reveal any significant trend through time. In contrast, phosphorus concentrations in most sites start at less than 20 ppm in sediments 30 years and older. The phosphorus value continuously increase in younger sediments, with each site having a different magnitude change as well as timing of when the major increase happened. The uppermost 10 cm, representing the last 15 years in sites with age control, typically show a 2- to 3-fold increase in P load values. Historical increase in nutrient load also coincides with harmful algal bloom events in each area; when effective P input exceeded 130 kg/km² per year. Lastly, the observed increase may be attributed to several factors including physical attributes of the area, urbanization of coastal zones, but most importantly in the proliferation of aquaculture activities.  相似文献   

Phosphorus in suspended matter and sediments of a hypertrophic lake. A case study: Lake Dianchi,China   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Hu Jun  Liu Jiantong  Liu Yongding 《Environmental Geology》2009,58(4):833-841

From June 2004 to December 2004, Lake Dianchi, which had large scale of cyanobacterial blooms was investigated in order to study P-fractionation in the suspended matter and the sediment. The investigation improves our understanding of phosphorus in Lake Dianchi and the relationship between phosphorus and cyanobacterial blooms. It contributes to the available literature on the behavior of P in hypertrophic lakes. The distribution of P-fractions in Lake Dianchi was not uniform from northwest to south, but was closely related to the trophic status of the whole lake. The concentrations of total phosphorus, labile P (NH₄Cl-P), Organic P (NaOH-NRP) and loss on ignition in suspended matter were positively correlated with the strength of cyanobacterial blooms. Total phosphorus in suspended matter was relatively stable for almost half an year and closely related to Chl. a concentration. The main content of organic phosphorus is in the cyanobacterial blooms. The concentrations of phosphorus bound to metal oxides and carbonates (NaOH-SRP and HCl-P) in sediment were similar to NaOH-SRP and HCl-P in the corresponding suspended matter. The latter two forms of P in suspended matter were not affected by cyanobacterial blooms, indicating that the inorganic phosphorus is derived from the sediment after resuspension from the sediment due to wind and wave action. The contribution of the different P-fractions to TP in sediment and in suspended matter indicates that NH₄Cl-P in the suspended matter is an important buffer for maintaining dissolved phosphorus in water.  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   

Maintenance of estuarine water quality by mangroves occurs during flood periods: A case study of a subtropical mangrove wetland     

Mao Wang  Zhigang Tu  Wenqing Wang 《Marine pollution bulletin》2010,60(11):2154-2160

Seasonal changes in water quality were measured in samples taken at various distances from shallow water across mudflat to mangroves during flood period and from mangroves across mudflat to shallow water during ebb period in a subtropical mangrove estuary (Zhangjiang Estuary, Fujian, China). The TN (total dissolved nitrogen), TP (total dissolved phosphorus), COD (chemical oxygen demand), and DOC (dissolved organic carbon) contents during the flood period were significantly higher than those during the ebb period. In contrast, the opposite was true for the POC (particulate organic carbon) content and transparency. The mangroves at Zhangjiang Estuary may trap nutrients at rates of 90.5 g N/m²/yr, 2.2 g TP/m²/yr, and 13.7 g C/m²/yr in the form of DOC, and export POC at a rate of 81.8 g/m²/yr. Our results support the hypothesis that the maintenance of estuarine water quality by mangroves occurs during flood periods.  相似文献   

Application of allochthonous organic carbon and phosphorus forms in the interpretation of past environmental conditions   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Changwei Lü  Jiang He  Huimin Sun  Hongxi Xue  Ying Liang  Saruli Bai  Ying Sun  Lili Shen  Qingyun Fan 《Environmental Geology》2008,55(6):1279-1289

Organic matter in sediments, for instance, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, can be used to reconstruct the paleoecological and pollution history of lakes and their catchment basins. In this paper, the contents of allochthonous organic carbon (allochthonous OC) and autochthonous organic carbon (autochthonous OC) in sediment cores taken from Wuliangsuhai Lake and Daihai Lake in northern China are quantified by using a binary model, and phosphorus forms in the sediment cores from the two lakes are extracted by sequential extraction techniques. The results indicate that the palaeoenvironment and paleoclimate of Daihai Lake and its catchment basin in the recent 250 years can be well reconstructed based on the content of allochthonous OC. The climate was relatively humid and warm in the period of 1865–2005, while relatively dry and cold in the period of 1765–1865. The sedimentary information of allochthonous OC in the 22–42-cm portion of the sediment cores in Daihai Lake corresponds to the final cold fluctuation of the Little Ice Age that occurred since the Middle Holocene. The difference of phosphorus forms in the sediment cores between the two lakes indicates that phosphorus input to the lakes and the correlation between phosphorus forms and distribution and the changes of environment are influenced by the eutrophication mechanisms and environmental conditions of the two lakes.  相似文献   

安徽龙河口水库沉积物碳、氮、磷地球化学记录及其环境意义   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

王立群  戴雪荣  华珞  张卫国  张福瑞 《海洋湖沼通报》2007,(4):59-64

根据2004年在安徽龙河口水库采得的沉积物样芯以及上游三条主要河流的流域表层样品,对其有机碳、氮、磷含量以及其他气候代用指标进行了分析。研究发现晓天河流域样品有机碳、氮含量最高,柱样中各元素含量随深度增加缓慢变小,但在50cm深度有明显峰值出现。同时对沉积物中碳-氮和氮-磷耦合关系进行了讨论,推断其物质来源以河流携带陆源植物输入为主。其含量变化受物质来源、本身生物化学作用、人类活动等影响。  相似文献   

A high sensitivity, low volume HPLC method to determine soluble reactive phosphate in freshwater and saltwater   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jaime L. Haberer  Jay A. Brandes   《Marine Chemistry》2003,82(3-4):185-196

A reverse phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method was developed to detect soluble reactive phosphate (SRP) in marine and freshwater samples. This technique is scalable over a range of sample volumes from 10 μl to 10 ml, requires minimal sample preparation, and responds linearly from 1 nM to 100 μM (R²>0.964). Standard Murphy–Riley molybdenum blue reagents were used to react with phosphate in samples for analysis. Solid phase extraction tubes were used to clean the mixed complexing reagent prior to combining the reagent with samples. The method was applied to freshwater samples collected in July 2001 along an Andean mountain stream located in the Eastern Cordillera (2400 m) of Peru and marine samples collected in January 2002 within the low marsh of the estuarine Nueces Delta System, Texas Coastal Bend. For method comparison, field samples were analyzed using a standard manual spectrophotometric method. Field sample phosphate concentrations produced from each method were nearly identical. This method offers the advantages of low sample volume (1 ml or less) with high sensitivity, precision, and potential automation.  相似文献   

太湖现代沉积物中磷的沉积通量及空间差异性   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

朱广伟  秦伯强  高光 《海洋与湖沼》2007,38(4):329-335

在水文状况、水质状况、生态类型均显著不同的三个太湖典型湖区, 利用^210Pb定年测定了近百年来沉积物及磷的沉积通量.结果发现, 三个湖区磷的沉积通量及其变化规律相差很大.发生蓝藻水华暴发的梅梁湾近百年来沉积物和磷的沉积通量都比较小, 只是在近十几年来才有明显增加的趋势; 太湖上游的夹浦沉积物沉积速率近百年来持续增加, 只有表层有所下降, 但表层12cm沉积物中磷的沉积通量却显著下降; 处于太湖下游草型化的胥口湾湖区, 在20世纪60年代以前沉积物沉积通量呈增加趋势, 之后呈下降趋势, 磷的沉积通量则呈振荡下降趋势.研究表明, 太湖沉积物中磷的累积通量具有明显的空间异质性.  相似文献   

Utilizing in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study sublethal stress in aquatic organisms     

Viant MR  Pincetich CA  Walton JH  Tjeerdema RS  Hinton DE 《Marine environmental research》2002,54(3-5):553-557

In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) is a powerful technique for characterizing the sublethal actions of physical and chemical stressors in live, intact organisms. In particular, 31P NMR is ideal for observing perturbations to cellular energetics since critical metabolite concentrations, including phosphagens, ATP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), can be measured non-invasively and in real time. This technique's versatility is demonstrated not only in the diversity of organisms that can be studied, but also in its broad-ranging applicability to environmental research. Illustrative studies include the actions of copper in adult red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) and changes in energetically important metabolites in developing medaka embryos (Oryzias latipes). Advantages and disadvantages of in vivo NMR will be discussed.  相似文献