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Seasonal variation and release of soluble reactive phosphorus in an agricultural upland headwater in central Germany
Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research, Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of
Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany
Jörg Tittel
Department of Lake Research, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research, Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Frido Reinstorf
Department for Water, Environment, Construction and Safety,
Magdeburg–Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Breitscheidstr. 2, 39114
Magdeburg, Germany
Michael Schubert
Department Catchment Hydrology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Kay Knöller
Department Catchment Hydrology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
Benjamin Gilfedder
Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
Florian Merensky-Pöhlein
Department for Water, Environment, Construction and Safety,
Magdeburg–Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Breitscheidstr. 2, 39114
Magdeburg, Germany
Andreas Musolff
Department of Hydrogeology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
Agricultural catchments show elevated phosphorus (P) concentrations during summer low flow. In an agricultural stream, we found that phosphorus in groundwater was a major source of stream water phosphorus during low flow, and stream sediments derived from farmland are unlikely to have increased stream phosphorus concentrations during low water. We found no evidence that riparian wetlands contributed to soluble reactive (SR) P loads. Agricultural phosphorus was largely buffered in the soil zone.
Agricultural catchments show elevated phosphorus (P) concentrations during summer low flow. In...
