Significant impacts of artificial regulation on nutrient concentrations and transport in Huanghe River

Fuxia YANG; Zhigang YU; Alexander Felix BOUWMAN; Hongtao CHEN; Mengfan WU; Jing LIU; Dandan LI; Qingzhen YAO; Yao GONG; Xinyu LI; Wenyan GU

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Significant impacts of artificial regulation on nutrient concentrations and transport in Huanghe River

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- Significant impacts of artificial regulation on nutrient concentrations and transport in Huanghe River
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 42, Issue 6, Pages: 1865-1879(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao266100, China
  2.Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao266071, China
  3.College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao266100, China
  4.Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht3584 CB, The Netherlands
  5.PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Hague30314, The Netherlands
  6.Tianjin Marine Environmental Monitoring Central Station, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin300457, China
  7.Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao266071, China
- Author bio：
  
  qzhyao@ouc.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-024-3234-6
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- Received：03 November 2023，
  
  Published：01 November 2024
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YANG Fuxia,YU Zhigang,BOUWMAN Alexander Felix,et al.Research PaperSignificant impacts of artificial regulation on nutrient concentrations and transport in Huanghe River[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(06):1865-1879.
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YANG Fuxia,YU Zhigang,BOUWMAN Alexander Felix,et al.Research PaperSignificant impacts of artificial regulation on nutrient concentrations and transport in Huanghe River[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(06):1865-1879. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-024-3234-6.

摘要

Abstract

Human perturbations such as dam regulation have led to significant changes in nutrient flux

structure

and spatiotemporal distribution through rivers and have greatly influenced coastal and estuarine ecological environments. Based on the data from 2001–2019

the impacts of the water-sediment regulation scheme (WSRS) in the Huanghe (Yellow) River on nutrient concentrations

forms

fluxes

and potential ecological effects on the Huanghe River estuary and Bohai Sea were analyzed. Nutrient concentrations and forms were significantly influenced by the different regulatory modes and were associated with hydrological and biogeochemical processes. The concentrations and forms of nutrients were strongly influenced by the riparian floodplains and scouring process of the downstream riverbed at the water draining stage

while they were influenced mainly by the mixing process in the Xiaolangdi Reservoir at the sediment desilting stage. Compared with those in non-WSRS years

the seasonal distributions of water discharge and nutrient fluxes in WSRS years significantly changed

with peaks occurring at least one month earlier than those in non-WSRS years. Nitrate (NO

-N)

phosphate (PO

-P)

and silicate (SiO

-Si) fluxes during the WSRS

which were strongly controlled by water discharge at Lijin (the nearest hydrological station to the river mouth)

accounted for more than 20% of the annual fluxes; these fluxes were more than 5–9 times greater than those during the same period in non-WSRS years. WSRS exacerbated nutrient imbalances and increased Pyrrophyta/Bacillariophyta ratios by 231% in the Huanghe River estuary

resulting in chlorophyll-

peaks in the Bohai Sea shifting from spring to autumn in the 20

century to spring-summer in the 21

century.

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