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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-843-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-843-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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23 Feb 2016
Research article |
| 23 Feb 2016
Nitrate sinks and sources as controls of spatio-temporal water quality dynamics in an agricultural headwater catchment
Tobias Schuetz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Chantal Gascuel-Odoux
INRA, UMR Sol Agro et Hydrosystème Spatialisation, Rennes, France
Patrick Durand
INRA, UMR Sol Agro et Hydrosystème Spatialisation, Rennes, France
Markus Weiler
Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Natural attenuation of large anthropogenic nitrate loads in a subtropical stream revealed by δ15N and δ18O S. White et al.
- Study on the Spatiotemporal Distribution Analysis of Nitrate Concentration in Surface Water Bodies in East Asia Based on Remote Sensing Data Y. Chu
- Estimation of baseflow nitrate loads by a recursive tracing source algorithm in a rainy agricultural watershed S. He et al.
- Patterns in the linkage of water quantity and quality during low‐flows J. Hellwig et al.
- Exploring controls on solute export mechanisms in anthropogenically impacted catchments in Southern Germany in climatically different periods S. Frietsch & T. Schuetz
- Linking Changes in Land Cover and Land Use of the Lower Mekong Basin to Instream Nitrate and Total Suspended Solids Variations K. Ly et al.
- A retrospective streamflow ensemble forecast for an extreme hydrologic event: a case study of Hurricane Irene and on the Hudson River basin F. Saleh et al.
- Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Anthropogenic and Natural Factors Influencing Groundwater Quality Based on Source Apportionment X. Guo et al.
- Water quality modulations under influence of rainfall and land cover in a mountain basin in southeast Brazil F. Miranda & A. Avelar
- Reducing Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead Exposure in Urban Areas via Limiting Nutrient Discharges into Rivers M. Wang et al.
- Detecting dominant changes in irregularly sampled multivariate water quality data sets C. Lehr et al.
- Water chemistry and estimation of local geochemical background values of elements in headwater streams of Ken–Betwa catchment of Yamuna River, India H. Kumar et al.
- Your work is my boundary condition! M. Staudinger et al.
- Local determinants influencing stream water quality A. Hamid et al.
- Geochemical processes influencing stream water chemistry: a case study of Ala River, Akure, Southwestern Nigeria O. Oluwaniyi & Y. Asiwaju-Bello
- Beyond binary baseflow separation: a delayed-flow index for multiple streamflow contributions M. Stoelzle et al.
- Research on Surface Water Quality Assessment and Its Driving Factors: A Case Study in Taizhou City, China S. Deng et al.
- Pesticide peak concentration reduction in a small vegetated treatment system controlled by chemograph shape J. Greiwe et al.
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Short summary
We quantify the spatio-temporal impact of distinct nitrate sinks and sources on stream network nitrate dynamics in an agricultural headwater. By applying a data-driven modelling approach, we are able to fully distinguish between mixing and dilution processes, and biogeochemical in-stream removal processes along the stream network. In-stream nitrate removal is estimated by applying a novel transfer coefficient based on energy availability.
We quantify the spatio-temporal impact of distinct nitrate sinks and sources on stream network...
