Effects of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on Nitrogen Transport in Northern Taihu Basin, China during 1990–2017
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sample Collection and Laboratory Experiments
2.3. Land Use Detection and Analysis
2.4. Calculation of the TN Losses in Runoff
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characteristics of Land Use Changes
3.2. Spatiotemporal Variation of the TN Losses
3.3. Response of Physiochemical Parameters to Land Use Change
3.4. Driving Factors of Nitrogen Balance
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Industrial Effluents | Urban Sewage | Rural-Domestic Sewage | Farmland Runoff | Aquaculture | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ni | – | 2.92 kg N a−1 cap−1 | 2.19 kg N a−1 cap−1 | – | 1800 kg N·(ha a)−1 |
Fi (%) | 50–65 | 12–70 | 10 | 5–6.36 | 100 |
All Study Area | Meiliang Bay | Gonghu Bay | |
---|---|---|---|
TN | a 2.80 ± 1.97/2.36 ± 1.94 b | a 3.03 ± 4.28/b 2.28 ± 2.09 b | a 1.16 ± 0.55/2.51 ± 1.75 b |
TP | a 0.08 ± 0.12/0.09 ± 0.06 b | a 0.11 ± 0.14/b 0.07 ± 0.05 b | a 0.04 ± 0.04/0.11 ± 0.05 b |
NH3-N | a 1.17 ± 1.90/1.10 ± 0.87 b | a 1.48 ± 2.31/b 1.15 ± 1.05 b | a 0.58 ± 0.36/0.74 ± 0.26 b |
CODMn | a 9.33 ± 2.59/13.27 ± 8.04 b | a 9.39 ± 3.05/b 9.86 ± 4.67 b | a 9.22 ± 2.96/19.23 ± 9.47 b |
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Chen, X.; Wang, Y.; Cai, Z.; Wu, C.; Ye, C. Effects of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on Nitrogen Transport in Northern Taihu Basin, China during 1990–2017. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3895. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12093895
Chen X, Wang Y, Cai Z, Wu C, Ye C. Effects of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on Nitrogen Transport in Northern Taihu Basin, China during 1990–2017. Sustainability. 2020; 12(9):3895. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12093895
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Xi, Yanhua Wang, Zucong Cai, Changbin Wu, and Chun Ye. 2020. "Effects of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on Nitrogen Transport in Northern Taihu Basin, China during 1990–2017" Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3895. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12093895