Water quality in a polluted lowland stream with chronically depressed dissolved oxygen: Causes and effects
作者:
RobertJ. Wilcock,
GrahamB. McBride,
JohnW. Nagels,
GrantL. Northcott,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 2
页码: 277-288
ISSN:0028-8330
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/00288330.1995.9516661
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: nitrogen;dissolved oxygen;reaeration coefficient;respiration;photosynthesis;diurnal curve analysis;riparian vegetation
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The Whangamaire Stream (North Island, New Zealand) has high concentrations of nitrate nitrogen (NO−3‐N), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), and Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) as a result of catchment land use practices. The lower reaches of the stream drain intensively farmed land and have dissolved oxygen (DO) levels of 10–50% saturation. The dominant riparian vegetation,Apium nodiflorum, provides a large organic loading by intercepting nutrients in run‐off and then decaying in the stream channel. Water quality and reaeration aspects of the stream were studied in order to explain the observed low DO levels. Measurements of the reaeration coefficient at 20°C, K220, using methyl chloride (CH3Cl) as a gas tracer, yielded values of 1.1–3.0 d−1for the upper part of the study reach and 15.5–16.2 d−1for the lower reach (overall average 12.5 ± 2.5 d−1). These were in agreement with values inferred from single‐station diurnal curve analysis, which also showed that respiration was dominant in the lower reach where photo‐synthetic activity was inhibited by shade. The relatively large reaeration coefficients ensure that parts of the stream do not become anoxic at night time. Better riparian management and reduced nutrient inputs are likely to improve stream water quality.
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