Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 187, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4276-1
Keywords
Wetland; Daxi reservoir; Phosphorus fraction; Nutrient retention; Macrophytes; Phragmites communis
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51425902, 51409166]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZZD-EW-10-02]
- Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute [Y913017]
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Wetland vegetation can improve water quality through several processes including direct assimilation and the indirect effects of sedimentation and mineralization. This research takes the Zhucao River mouth of Daxi reservoir as a study case to investigate the vertical distribution of nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil of a natural wetland covered by different plants prior to any restoration action. There are four native emergent macrophytes (Typha latifolia L., Polygonum hydropiper L., Juncus effuses L., Phragmites communis L.) in the wetland. The total nitrogen (TN) and nitrate contents decreased with the soil depth for all vegetation types, and the mean TN and nitrate concentrations were higher in vegetative soil than in bare ground. The maximum TN concentration was found in the surface soil (0-2 cm) covered by P. communis. Ammonium decreased with the soil depth in vegetative areas, while it increased with soil depth in bare ground. The rank order of P fractions was organic P (OP) > P associated with Ca (Ca-P) > P associated with Fe/Al (Fe/Al-P). Total phosphorus (TP) and OP showed vertical profiles similar to that of TN. The mean concentrations of TP, Ca-P and Fe/Al-P were higher in vegetative soil than in bare ground. The maximum mean TP was also found in soil covered by P. communis. Loss on ignition (LOI) was significantly correlated with TN and TP (P<0.05). Organic matter accumulation may be the main pathway to retain nitrogen and phosphorus in the wetland. Nitrogen and phosphorus sequestration in P. communis soil was the highest of the four dominant plants. The results could support the restoration of other degraded river mouth wetlands of the reservoir.
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