Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4881-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4881-2016
Research article
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13 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 13 Dec 2016

Sediment and nutrient budgets are inherently dynamic: evidence from a long-term study of two subtropical reservoirs

Katherine R. O'Brien, Tony R. Weber, Catherine Leigh, and Michele A. Burford

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Long-term catchment sediment and nutrient budgets are important for managing soil and nutrient resources for more sustainability. Here we construct a 14-year budget of water, sediment and nutrients across two subtropical reservoirs. A major flood in January 2011 dominated flow and loads in and out of both reservoirs. Sediment and nutrient budgets are inherently dynamic, and our results demonstrate that meaningful reservoir budgets require reliable estimates of uncertainty and variability.