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JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages 3187-3199Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2021.145
Keywords
nutrient release; sediment temperature; simulation; spring warming
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- KAKENHI [19K04629]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19K04629] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study investigated the impact of recent springtime water temperature increases on bottom sediment temperature and fluxes of NH4+ and PO43- in Lake Kasumigaura. While both water and sediment temperatures were found to be increasing in spring, there were no significant differences in NH4+ and PO43- fluxes observed. Future springtime warming may accelerate the release of NH4+ and PO43- from the sediment due to a nonlinear response to sediment temperature.
We investigated whether recent springtime water temperature increases in a shallow eutrophic lake affected bottom sediment temperature and fluxes of ammonia (NH4+) and phosphate (PO43-) from the sediment. We conducted a lake-wide survey of Lake Kasumigaura, Japan, and analyzed the relationship between water temperature increases in spring and NH4+ and PO43- release fluxes. We also developed a numerical model to analyze how water temperature increase affects sediment temperature. Water temperature in May increased during 2010-2019 at a rate of 1.8-3.2 degrees C decade(-1). The numerical simulation results showed that the water temperature increase was accompanied by a sediment temperature increase from a minimum of 18.3 degrees C in 2011 to a maximum of 21.6 degrees C in 2015. Despite the substantial difference in the observed sediment temperature (2.9 degrees C), no significant differences in NH4+ and PO43- fluxes in May between 2013/2014 and 2015 were found. These results suggest that both water and sediment temperatures are increasing in Lake Kasumigaura in spring, but it is unclear whether this warming has affected NH4+ and PO43- releases from the sediment. However, because a nonlinear response to sediment temperature was observed, future springtime warming may accelerate NH4+ and PO43- releases.
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