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Distribution of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Pore Water Profiles and Estimation of Their Diffusive Fluxes and Annual Loads in Guanting Reservoir (GTR), Northern China

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Improvement of water quality has frequently been delayed due to high recycling rates of nutrients across the sediment–water interface in a reservoir. Diffusive fluxes and annual loads of ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N) and phosphate (PO43−-P) in sediments from Guanting Reservoir (GTR) were estimated according to their vertical distribution. The average contents of NH4+-N and PO43−-P in surface pore water were higher by factors of 6.9 – 11.7 and 1.3 – 6.4 than those in overlying water, respectively. The ranges of fluxes were 1.59 – 13.0 (mg m2 d−1) for NH4+-N, and 0.002 – 0.196 (mg m2 d−1) for PO43−-P. The annual load contributions from sediments of GTR were 659 t a−1 for NH4+-N and 4.83 t a−1 for PO43−-P. Notably, the upstream of GTR accounted for 50.7% annual loads for NH4+-N, while the downstream contributed 71.2% loads to PO43−-P. This study will better inform future environmental management for the reservoir.

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This work was supported by the Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (LMB20191004), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41877471), the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen, China (JCYJ20180507182227257) and the Key R&D Program of Guangxi Province (GUIKE AB18126075). Appreciation is also extended to Dr. Chao Wang for drawing the map of sampling sites. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210046, China

    Pei Lei, Jinjie Zhu & Huan Zhong

  2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

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  3. Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

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    Li Zhang

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Hong Zhang

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Lei, P., Zhu, J., Zhong, H. et al. Distribution of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Pore Water Profiles and Estimation of Their Diffusive Fluxes and Annual Loads in Guanting Reservoir (GTR), Northern China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 106, 10–17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02891-0

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