期刊
HYDROBIOLOGIA
卷 633, 期 1, 页码 137-149出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9867-9
关键词
Eutrophication; Chlorophyll; Total nitrogen; Nutrient enrichment; Ecosystem responses
资金
- National Danish Aquatic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
- Danish Environmental Protection Agency
- Thresholds Integrated Project
- Framework Program 6 of the European Commission [003933-2]
Reference conditions and boundary values between Water Framework Directive status classes were estimated for phytoplankton biomass from empirical relationships relating: (1) nitrogen inputs from land to total nitrogen (TN) concentrations and (2) TN concentrations to chlorophyll a (chl a) concentrations. Different periods during the last > 100 years were used to characterise hypothesised ecological status, and a hind-casted time series was used to define boundary values for nitrogen inputs. Nitrogen levels in 35 coastal water bodies around Denmark were significantly related to inputs from land to various degrees (factor of 50) reflecting gradients from open coastal to freshwater-influenced estuaries. Significant differences in the relationship between chl a and TN across sites were found, suggesting that previous response models have been too simple and uncertain. Reference and boundary values for chl a, estimated with a relative uncertainty of 5-20%, varied substantially between sites, and the boundary value between good and moderate status was 6-81% higher than the reference condition with an average of 28%. Differences in bioavailability of nutrient sources and grazing pressure are important factors controlling site-specific phytoplankton biomass, and models for predicting phytoplankton responses to nutrient reductions must account for these. The boundary setting must be adaptive to incorporate improved quantitative knowledge and effects of shifting baselines.
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