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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
卷 76, 期 3, 页码 539-565出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-005-0230-6
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dam; nitrogen; nutrient retention; phosphorus; reservoir; total suspended solids
This work addresses an intensively debated question in biogeochemical research: Are large dams affecting global nutrient cycles?'' It has been postulated that the largest impoundments on the Lower Danube River, the Iron Gates Reservoirs, act as a major sink for silica ( Si) in the form of settling diatoms, for phosphorus ( P) and to a lesser extent for nitrogen (N). This retention of P and N in the reservoir would represent a positive contribution to the nutrient reduction in the Danube River. Based on a 9-month monitoring scheme in 2001, we quantified the nutrient and the sediment retention capacity of the Iron Gate I Reservoir. The sediment accumulation corresponded to 5% TN ( total nitrogen), 12% TP ( total phosphorus) and 55% TSS ( total suspended solids) of the incoming loading. A mass balance revealed that more N and P are leaving the reservoir than entering via the inflow. Based on these current results, the reservoir was temporarily acting as a small nutrient source. The nutrient accumulation in the sediments of the Iron Gate I Reservoir represents only 1% of the missing'' load of 10(6) t N and 1.3 x 10(5) t P defined as the difference between the estimated nutrient export from the Danube Basin and the measured flux entering the Black Sea. This result disproves the hypothesis that the largest impoundment on the Danube River, the Iron Gates Reservoir, plays a major role in N and P elimination.
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