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How do inorganic nitrogen processing pathways change quantitatively at daily, seasonal, and multiannual scales in a large agricultural stream?
Department of Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Brueckstrasse 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Dietrich Borchardt
Department of Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Brueckstrasse 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Michael Rode
Department of Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Brueckstrasse 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24–25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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In this study, we set up a water quality model using a 5-year paired high-frequency water quality dataset from a large agricultural stream. The simulations were compared with the 15 min interval measurements and showed very good fits. Based on these, we quantified the N uptake pathway rates and efficiencies at daily, seasonal, and yearly scales. This study offers an overarching understanding of N processing in large agricultural streams across different temporal scales.
In this study, we set up a water quality model using a 5-year paired high-frequency water...
