期刊
JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
卷 48, 期 1, 页码 84-96出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.11.008
关键词
Phosphorus; Rivers; Reservoirs; Dam management; Eutrophication; Lake Erie
资金
- Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health [1306 16/17]
- Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) through the Lake Futures project of the Global Water Futures (GWF) program
- Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
Fanshawe Reservoir on the Thames River is not only an important sink for phosphorus (P) in the Lake Erie watershed, but also modulates the timing and speciation of P loads. It functions as a net sink for P annually, but oscillates between a source and sink seasonally. The reservoir has significant influence on the distribution and forms of P in the river, highlighting the potential to attenuate downstream P loads.
Extensive efforts are underway to reduce phosphorus (P) export from the Lake Erie watershed. On the Canadian side, the Thames River is the largest tributary source of P to Lake Erie's western basin. However, the role of dams in retaining and modifying riverine P loading to the lake has not been comprehensively evaluated. We assessed whether Fanshawe Reservoir, the largest dam reservoir on the Thames River, acts as a source or sink of P, using year-round discharge and water chemistry data collected in 2018 and 2019. We also determined how in-reservoir processes alter P speciation by comparing the dissolved reactive P to total P ratio (DRP:TP) in upstream and downstream loads. Annually, Fanshawe Reservoir was a net sink for P, retaining 25% (36 tonnes) and 47% (91 tonnes) of TP in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Seasonally, the reservoir oscillated between a source and sink of P. Net P release occurred during the spring of 2018 and the summers of 2018 and 2019, driven by internal P loading and hypolimnetic discharge from the dam. The reservoir did not exert a strong influence on DRP:TP annually, but ratio increases occurred during both summers, concurrent with water column stratification. Our analysis demonstrates that Fanshawe Reservoir is not only an important P sink on the Thames River, but also modulates the timing and speciation of P loads. We therefore propose that the potential of using existing dam reservoirs to attenuate downstream P loads should be more thoroughly explored alongside source based P mitigation strategies. Crown Copyright (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Association for Great Lakes Research. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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