Input characteristics and sources identification of nitrogen in the three main tributaries of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

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• 作者：Binghui Zheng ; Yunyun Zhao ; Yanwen Qin ; Yingqun Ma…
• 关键词：Three Gorges Reservoir ; Nitrogen and oxygen isotope ; Source of nitrate ; Nitrogen distribution ; Three rivers
• 刊名：Environmental Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：75
• 期：17
• 全文大小：2,584 KB
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：None Assigned
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1866-6299
• 卷排序：75

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The Jialingjiang River, the Wujiang River and the Yangtze River mainstream were the main inputs of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR)’s upstream. They accounted for about 90.8 % of the total discharge of the upstream tributaries. They were also important nitrogen sources of the TGR. The nitrogen and oxygen isotope of nitrate were used to identify the nitrate source of the three rivers. The main results demonstrated as follows: (1) The analysis of nitrogen data of the three main rivers entering the TGR from 2003 to 2013 showed that the average annual total dissolved nitrogen concentrations in the Wujiang River > Jialingjiang River > Yangtze River mainstream. The TN fluxes of the Yangtze River were higher than the other two rivers from 2003 to 2013. The nitrate nitrogen was the main form of the TN, which accounted for more than 65 % of the TN. (2) The results of δ15N-NO₃− and δ18O-NO₃− demonstrated that during the impounding period the nitrate from the nitrification of ammonia/urea-containing fertilizer is likely the major source of the three rivers, while during the high water level stage the nitrification from the soil organic nitrogen is likely the main source. In addition, a strong positive relationship (r2 = 0.7054) was found between δ15N-NO₃− and δ18O-NO₃− during the impounding period, which indicated that denitrification may be responsible for the enrichment of heavy isotope of nitrate.