Retention and Losses of Nutrients in the Hydrosphere of Austria

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zessner ◽  
H. Kroiss
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Danube Basin ◽  
Balance Study ◽  
Decisive Importance ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Surface Water Runoff

A nutrient balance study showed a big difference between estimated emissions into the surface waters of the Danube Basin and the measured loads that enter the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. That means the emission estimations are wrong, the measured loads are wrong or retention and losses of nutrients in the hydrosphere are of decisive importance. An interpretation of water quality monitoring of the Danube at Vienna from about 400 days and the comparison of emissions from 12 (sub-) catchment areas of Austrian Danube tributaries and measured loads in these rivers, underline the importance of retention and losses of nutrients in the hydrosphere and increase the understanding of the relevant processes, even a lot of questions remain, and quantification of some processes on regional scale is not possible yet. Nevertheless, as an overall summary it can be concluded, that a high average area specific surface water runoff assists transport of nutrients in the hydrosphere. Respectively the importance of retention and losses increases with decreasing area specific runoff.

Lessons learned from investigations on case study level for modelling of nutrient emissions in the Danube basin

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 183-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Schilling ◽  
H. Behrendt ◽  
A. Blaschke ◽  
S. Danielescu ◽  
G. Dimova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Nutrient Management ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Emission Model ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Danube Basin ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Nutrient Emissions

In the framework of the project daNUbs (Nutrient Management in the Danube Basin and its Impact on the Black Sea) the MONERIS emission model is used for the basin wide calculation of nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) emissions in the Danube Basin. The MONERIS model was developed and successfully applied for German river catchments. Based on investigations in selected test regions (case studies) the daNUbs approach is to check the applicability of the MONERIS emission model for the specific conditions of the Danube Basin in more detail than is possible with a basin wide application. Six case studies with areas of 400–3,500 km2 and several subcatchments have been selected in order to represent different conditions along the Danube Basin. In this study region intensive data collection and enhanced monitoring has been performed in order to raise the database significantly above the generally available data. Water balance as well as nutrient balance calculations have been performed with the MONERIS model as well as with other approaches. Results are compared to each other and to data from monitoring. Results up till now showed the applicability and sensitivity of the MONERIS approach in different conditions of the Danube Basin (e.g. emissions via groundwater). They indicated that the nitrogen retention in the catchments is well described with the MONERIS model.

scholarly journals Regional-scale lateral carbon transport and CO<sub>2</sub> evasion in temperate stream catchments

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Magin ◽  
Celia Somlai-Haase ◽  
Ralf B. Schäfer ◽  
Andreas Lorke
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Net Primary Production ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Stream Network ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Temperate Stream

Abstract. Inland waters play an important role in regional to global scale carbon cycling by transporting, processing and emitting substantial amounts of carbon, which originate mainly from their catchments. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between terrestrial net primary production (NPP) and the rate at which carbon is exported from the catchments in a temperate stream network. The analysis included more than 200 catchment areas in southwest Germany, ranging in size from 0.8 to 889 km2 for which CO2 evasion from stream surfaces and downstream transport with stream discharge were estimated from water quality monitoring data, while NPP in the catchments was obtained from a global data set based on remote sensing. We found that on average 2.7 % of terrestrial NPP (13.9 g C m2 yr−1) are exported from the catchments by streams and rivers, in which both CO2 evasion and downstream transport contributed about equally to this flux. The average carbon fluxes in the catchments of the study area resembled global and large-scale zonal mean values in many respects, including NPP, stream evasion as well as the catchment-specific total export rate of carbon in the fluvial network. A review of existing studies on aquatic-terrestrial coupling in the carbon cycle suggests that the catchment-specific carbon export varies in a relatively narrow range, despite a broad range of different spatial scales and hydrological characteristics of the study regions.

Use of Ambient Water Quality Data to Refine Emission Estimates in the Danube Basin

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Clement ◽  
K. Buzás
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Flow Data ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Danube Basin ◽  
Balance Study ◽  
Water Quality Data

In the frame of an EU/Phare project nutrient balances of the Danube countries were studied. As an element of the procedure, N and P emissions to surface waters were estimated on various scales. The “immission” loads computed from water quality and flow data were used to refine these estimates. The evaluation indicated the significant role of uncertainties related to scarce observations typical for many countries in the Danube Basin. To obtain the error of annual nutrient load estimates statistical analyses of a number of Hungarian rivers (in the 2 m3/s - 2000 m3/s mean flow range) were performed. Both, analytical expressions of sampling theory and Monte Carlo simulations were used. The ratio estimate and an analysis of the relation of errors of the annual mean flow and the load, resp. were used to take advantage of the additional information of flow data in comparison to water quality. An empirical error function for the range of rivers considered was derived. The effort led to useful results in relation to the selection of the estimation method, the role of sampling frequency and size of the catchment. Conclusions were also drawn on estimation errors of loads of first order tributaries of the Danube and their use in the frame of a nutrient balance study.

Groundwater protection and diffuse nitrogen emissions to surface waters – which catchment areas have to be considered?

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
C. Schilling ◽  
M. Zessner ◽  
A.P. Blaschke ◽  
D. Gutknecht ◽  
H. Kroiss
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Flow Path ◽  
Emission Model ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Danube Basin ◽  
Nitrogen Emissions ◽  
Nitrogen Levels ◽  
Catchment Areas

Two Austrian case study regions within the Danube basin have been selected for detailed investigations of groundwater and surface water quality at the catchment scale. Water balance calculations have been performed using the conceptual continuous time SWAT 2000 model to characterise catchment hydrology and to identify individual runoff components contributing to river discharge. Nitrogen emission calculations have been performed using the empirical emission model MONERIS to relate individual runoff components to specific nitrogen emissions and for the quantification of total nitrogen emissions to surface waters. Calculated total nitrogen emissions to surface waters using the MONERIS model were significantly influenced by hydrological conditions. For both catchments the groundwater could be identified as major emission pathway of nitrogen emissions to the surface waters. Since most of the nitrogen is emitted by groundwater to the surface water, denitrification in groundwater is of considerable importance reducing nitrogen levels in groundwater along the flow path towards the surface water. An approach was adopted for the grid-oriented estimation of diffuse nitrogen emissions based on calculated groundwater residence time distributions. Denitrification in groundwater was considered using a half life time approach. It could be shown that more than 90% of the total diffuse nitrogen emissions were contributed by areas with low groundwater residence times and short distances to the surface water. Thus, managing diffuse nitrogen emissions the location of catchment areas has to be considered as well as hydrological and hydrogeological conditions, which significantly influence denitrification in the groundwater and reduce nitrogen levels in groundwater on the flow path towards the surface water.

Nutrient distribution in the Bosphorus and surrounding areas

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Okuş ◽  
A. Aslan-Yilmaz ◽  
A. Yüksek ◽  
S. Taş ◽  
V. Tüfekçi
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Lower Layer ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
Nutrient Distribution ◽  
Northwestern Shelf

As part of a five years monitoring project “Water Quality Monitoring of the Strait of Istanbul”, February-December 1999 nutrient dynamics of the Black Sea-the Sea of Marmara transect are studied to evaluate the effect of discharges given by deep disposals. Through a one-year study, upper layer nutrient concentrations were generally under the effect of northwestern-shelf Black Sea originated waters. This effect was strictly observed in July, when the upper layer flow was the thickest. On the other hand, partly in November but especially in December the northwestern-shelf Black Sea originated water flow was a minimum resulting in similar concentrations in both layers. Nutrient fluctuations also affected the chlorophyll a and POC concentrations as parameters of productivity. The nutrient concentrations decreased with the effect of spring bloom and highest chlorophyll a values were detected in November at Strait stations that did not match to the Sea of Marmara values. This fact represents the time-scale difference between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. On the contrary, high nutrient concentrations in the lower layer (especially inorganic phosphate), and therefore low N:P ratios reflect the effect of deep discharge. Vertical mixing caused by meteorological conditions of the shallow station (M3) under the effect of surface discharges resulted in homogenous distribution of nutrients. Nutrient concentrations of the stations affected by deep discharge showed that the two-layer stratification of the system did not permit the discharge mix to the upper layer.

An Innovative Non-Petroleum Rhizobium Tropici Biopolymer Salt for Soil Stabilization

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Larson ◽  
John Ballard ◽  
Christopher Griggs ◽  
J. Kent Newman ◽  
Catherine Nestler
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Soil Amendment ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Soil Stabilization ◽  
Surface Erosion ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Rhizobium Tropici ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Surface Water Runoff

Construction site soils are a significant source of sediment, and pollutants carried by sediment, to surface water runoff. Currently, silt fences/barriers, petroleum-derived polymers, and re-vegetation are the primary tools to prevent sediment loss from construction areas. Even with these methods in place, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 20 to 150 tons of soil per acre is lost to storm water runoff from construction sites each year. A low-cost, environmentally friendly soil amendment that reduces erosion from construction sites would improve surface water quality. An extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) is produced naturally by the symbiotic soil bacterium Rhizobium tropici. A dry, easily transportable salt of this biopolymer, when mixed with soil at low levels (0.01 to 0.5% by mass) substantially increases the soil strength for load bearing, decreases surface erosion and suspended solids in surface water runoff. Re-vegetation is also assisted by biopolymer application, since drought resistance and seed germination rates can be increased by 30% to 40% using the biopolymer. Results of mesoscale rainfall lysimeter system demonstrations of soil amendment with biopolymer documents reduced soil erosion, reduced transport of suspended solids in surface water runoff, and increased establishment success of vegetative cover under simulated drought conditions in biopolymer amended soils.

scholarly journals Regional-scale lateral carbon transport and CO<sub>2</sub> evasion in temperate stream catchments

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 5003-5014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Magin ◽  
Celia Somlai-Haase ◽  
Ralf B. Schäfer ◽  
Andreas Lorke
Keyword(s):  
Catchment Area ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Net Primary Production ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Stream Network ◽  
Carbon Export ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Temperate Stream

Abstract. Inland waters play an important role in regional to global-scale carbon cycling by transporting, processing and emitting substantial amounts of carbon, which originate mainly from their catchments. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between terrestrial net primary production (NPP) and the rate at which carbon is exported from the catchments in a temperate stream network. The analysis included more than 200 catchment areas in southwest Germany, ranging in size from 0.8 to 889 km2 for which CO2 evasion from stream surfaces and downstream transport with stream discharge were estimated from water quality monitoring data, while NPP in the catchments was obtained from a global data set based on remote sensing. We found that on average 13.9 g C m−2 yr−1 (corresponding to 2.7 % of terrestrial NPP) are exported from the catchments by streams and rivers, in which both CO2 evasion and downstream transport contributed about equally to this flux. The average carbon fluxes in the catchments of the study area resembled global and large-scale zonal mean values in many respects, including NPP, stream evasion and the carbon export per catchment area in the fluvial network. A review of existing studies on aquatic–terrestrial coupling in the carbon cycle suggests that the carbon export per catchment area varies in a relatively narrow range, despite a broad range of different spatial scales and hydrological characteristics of the study regions.

Cleaning of the Moscow Sia “Radon” Surface Water Runoff: Problems and Solutions

1995 ◽  
Vol 412 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Barinov ◽  
A. S. Volkov ◽  
Y. V. Karlin ◽  
V. N. Kropotov
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Safety Features ◽  
Surface Water Runoff

AbstractThis paper describes a three-barrier system of engineered safety features for the cleaning of the Moscow SIA “Radon” surface water runoff.

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