Riparian Lowlands in Clay Till Landscapes Part II:Nitrogen Reduction and Release Along Variable Flow Paths
| Autor: | Bo V. Iversen, Christian Prinds, Rasmus Jes Petersen, Charlotte Kjaergaard, Søren Jessen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Hydrology
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Denitrification Nitrogen chemistry.chemical_element Wetland Nitrate Variable flow Riparian lowlands Reduction (complexity) chemistry.chemical_compound Overland flow chemistry Wetlands Environmental science Surface runoff Water Science and Technology Riparian zone |
| Zdroj: | Petersen, R J, Prinds, C, Jessen, S, Iversen, B V & Kjaergaard, C 2020, ' Riparian Lowlands in Clay Till Landscapes Part II : Nitrogen Reduction and Release Along Variable Flow Paths ', Water Resources Research, vol. 56, no. 4, e2019WR025810 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025810 Petersen, R J, Prinds, C, Jessen, S, Iversen, B V & Kjærgaard, C 2020, ' Riparian Lowlands in Clay Till Landscapes Part II: Nitrogen Reduction and Release Along Variable Flow Paths ', Water Resources Research, vol. 56, no. 4, e2019WR025810 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025810 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2019WR025810 |
| Popis: | Riparian lowlands are known to control catchment nitrogen (N) balances. This study examined the role of agricultural tile drainage systems, often present in clay till landscapes, on the transport, transformation, and mass balance of N species in four riparian peat lowland transects receiving agricultural tile drainage water. Monitoring of N speciation of drain, stream, and groundwater, combined with a previously established water balance, enabled the determination of N mass balances for different flow paths including groundwater, subsurface drain water, and overland flow for each piezometer transect. The type of overland flow largely affected nitrate-N (NO3-N) removal efficiency, as determined by the total N output from a transect relative to the NO3-N loading (%). Infiltration and subsurface flow followed by exfiltration (short return flow) allowed an efficient removal of NO3-N (71–94%), while direct overland flow strongly lowered NO3-N removal (25%) in one transect. The hydraulic loading rate versus the lowland infiltration capacity determined the transport pathways and thus the resulting NO3-N removal efficiency. For all transects there was a net export of organic N and/or ammonium, associated with in situ N release from peat decomposition, through overland flow and groundwater discharge. These exports partly counterbalanced NO3-N removal and significantly reduced the overall total N removal for the riparian lowlands. However, the N removal efficiencies remained positive (1–56%). The study indicates that N budgets for riparian lowlands need to account for overland flow as a transport pathway for N. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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