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We utilized an extensive data set (1977–2013) from a water quality monitoring program to investigate the recovery of a Danish estuary following large reductions in total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) loading. Monthly rates of net transport and biogeochemical transformation of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphorus (DIP) were computed in two basins of the estuary using a box model approach, and oxygen-based rates of net ecosystem production (NEP) were determined. Since 1990, nutrient loading was reduced by 58 % for nitrogen and 80 % for phosphorus, causing significant decreases in DIN (60 %) and DIP (85 %) concentrations. Reductions in nutrient loadings and concentrations reduced annual chlorophyll levels by 50 % in the inner estuary and improved Secchi depth by approximately 1 m during the same period, particularly in the summer period. In the outer, deeper region of the estuary trends in water quality was less evident. Improvements in the inner estuary were strongly coupled to declines in DIN. Thresholds of DIN and DIP concentrations limiting phytoplankton growth indicated that both regions of the estuary were nitrogen limited. NEP rates indicated the development of more net autotrophic conditions over time that were likely associated with higher benthic primary production stimulated by improved light conditions. Box model computations revealed a modest reduction in summer net production of DIP over time, despite the persistence of elevated fluxes for several years after external loads were reduced. Since the mid-1990s, nutrient loading and transformation were stable while nutrient concentrations continued to decline and water quality improved in the inner estuary. The oligotrophication trajectory involved an initial fast transformation and modest retention of nutrients followed by a gradual decline in the rate of improvement towards a new stable condition. 相似文献
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Carlos M. Duarte Daniel J. Conley Jacob Carstensen María Sánchez-Camacho 《Estuaries and Coasts》2009,32(1):29-36
The implicit assumption of many scientific and regulatory frameworks that ecosystems impacted by human pressures may be reverted
to their original condition by suppressing the pressure was tested using coastal eutrophication. The response to nutrient
abatement of four thoroughly studied coastal ecosystems that received increased nutrient inputs between the 1970s and the
1980s showed that the trajectories of these ecosystems were not directly reversible. All four ecosystems displayed convoluted
trajectories that failed to return to the reference status upon nutrient reduction. This failure is proposed to result from
the broad changes in environmental conditions, all affecting ecosystem dynamics, that occurred over the 30 years spanning
from the onset of eutrophication to the reduction of nutrient levels. Understanding ecosystem response to multiple shifting
baselines is essential to set reliable targets for restoration efforts. 相似文献
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Ocean Dynamics - Nachdem mehrere europäische Länder, insbesondere Dänemark und die Niederlande, Offshore-Windparks mit mehreren 100 MW planen, sind auch in Deutschland Initiativen... 相似文献
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Biomass-Cover Relationship for Eelgrass Meadows 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Eelgrass meadows play key roles in coastal ecosystems, and the extent of the standing biomass is focal to address ecosystem functioning. Eelgrass cover is commonly assessed in marine monitoring programs while biomass sampling is destructive and expensive. Therefore, we have proposed a functional relationship that translates eelgrass cover into aboveground biomass using site-specific information on Secchi depth or light attenuation. The relationship was estimated by non-linear regression on 791 combined observations of eelgrass cover and biomass from eight different coastal sites in Denmark. Eelgrass biomass initially increased with cover and flattened out as cover exceeded 40–50 % due to increased self-shading. Decreasing light energy with depth reduced the eelgrass biomass potential (assessed at 100 % cover), and this reduction was stronger for coastal sites with lower water transparency. Moreover, the biomass potential varied seasonally from around 110–140 g DW m?2 in spring months to a peak of 241 g DW m?2 in August, consistent with other seasonal studies. The model explained 56 % of the variation in log-transformed biomasses, but significant variation between coastal sites still remained, deviating between ?23 and 39 % from the mean relationship. These site-specific deviations could be due to differences in losses related to grazing, drifting algae and epiphytes, better light capture by dense canopies, as well as differences in how well light conditions within eelgrass meadows are represented by actual measurements of Secchi depth and light attenuation. The relationship can be employed to estimate eelgrass biomass of entire coastal ecosystems from observations of eelgrass cover and depth. 相似文献
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Based on a large data set from the national Danish monitoring program, spatial and temporal variability in total algal cover and in the fraction of opportunistic macroalgae was analysed in relation to environmental variables. Variations in water clarity and salinity combined with information on geographical location of sampling areas were found to explain almost 80% of the large-scale variation in algal cover between areas. As water clarity was largely regulated by concentrations of total-nitrogen (TN), and TN-concentrations by TN-input from land, total algal cover at given water depths was partly related to TN-input from land. The fraction of opportunistic algae responded predominantly to differences in salinity, the highest fractions being found in the most brackish areas. Temporal variability in algal cover and fraction of opportunists over the 14-year investigation period was much smaller than the variability between areas and could not be predicted from variations in environmental variables. In order for macroalgal cover to become a more sensitive indicator of water quality it would be necessary to either increase the sensitivity of the method or identify and include supplementary regulating factors in the model. 相似文献
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Carstensen J 《Marine pollution bulletin》2007,55(1-6):3-15
Bias, precision and confidence of the classification framework are crucial elements for decisions to invest large sums to improve the ecological quality. In this study, the statistical principles for classification in relation to WFD are outlined and exemplified. Indicator adjustment to seasonal variation and other significant covariates reduces bias and improves precision. Precision is generally improved using annual means with seasonal adjustment instead of seasonal means. For classification I argue that the balance between costs of monitoring and reduction measures is only fully maintained by the fail-safe approach. The required monitoring efforts to ensure a precise classification are substantially higher than envisaged in WFD, for nutrients and phytoplankton measurements as high as 500 observations to characterise a water body. It must be ensured that sufficient monitoring data become available for classification, while indicator bias and precision is improved through modelling and further development of measurement techniques. 相似文献
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Iveta Jurgensone Jacob Carstensen Anda Ikauniece Baiba Kalveka 《Estuaries and Coasts》2011,34(6):1205-1219
Trends in phytoplankton monitoring data (1976–2008) from the Gulf of Riga were investigated and linked to environmental factors.
Annual means of spring phytoplankton biomass correlated to phosphorus input from land and shifts between diatoms and dinoflagellates
were attributed to potential Si limitation and time of sampling relative to the spring phytoplankton succession. The summer
phytoplankton biomass, which more than doubled over the study period, was related to the abundance of summer copepods that
similarly declined. Cyanobacterial blooms proliferated in summer and the proportion of diatoms similarly declined when the
winter–spring inorganic N/P ratio was low. The chlorophyte proportion in summer increased over the study period, and this
was linked to increasing temperatures favoring their higher growth rates. The dinoflagellate proportion appeared to decrease
with temperatures above a threshold of 15.5°C. Although nutrient inputs and their ratios are important factors for the phytoplankton
community, this study suggests that climate change and overfishing could be equally important. 相似文献
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Trine Agervig Carstensen Anton Stahl Olafsson Nynne Marie Bech Thea Schmidt Poulsen Chunli Zhao 《Geografisk tidskrift / udgivet af Bestyrelsen for Det Kongelige danske geografiske selskab》2015,115(2):142-156
Cycling plays an important role in low-carbon transitions. Around the globe, cities are constructing bicycle infrastructure. The city of Copenhagen has a bicycle-friendly infrastructure celebrated for its fine-meshed network. This study documents the spatio-temporal development of Copenhagen’s bicycle infrastructure and explores how the development corresponds to other processes of urban transformation. The study builds on historical maps of bicycle infrastructure that are digitised into geographical information, which allows for a comprehensive analysis of the formation of the network. In search for identifying drivers, the study analyses the city’s spatial growth pattern, migration pattern, development of road network and changes in the transport culture. Analyses reveal that the bicycle infrastructure expanded at a relatively constant pace during distinct periods of urban transformation, including periods when the city suffered from spatial, economic and demographic decline, and dominance of car traffic. By discussing reasons and demands for constructing bicycle infrastructure, the study identifies four distinct periods in which bicycle infrastructure was constructed to enhance comfort and safety (first cycling city); the flow for cars (car city); urban liveability for soft transport (liveable city); and, finally, to improve the flow for cyclists as part a strategic re-design of urban space (liveable cycling city). 相似文献