Forms of Nutrients in Rivers Flowing into Lake Chaohu: A Comparison between Urban and Rural Rivers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Field Sampling
2.2. Analyses of Water Samples
2.3. Analyses of Sediment Cores
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. General Results
Group | River (Abbreviation) | Water Depth (m) | Water Temperature (°C) | DO (mg·L−1) | pH | ||||||||
Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | ||
Urban | Nanfei River (NF) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 18.3 | 9.2 | 24.9 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 7.53 | 7.46 | 7.56 |
Shiwuli River (SWL) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 18.1 | 9.3 | 25.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 7.61 | 7.36 | 7.75 | |
Tangxi River (TX) | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 17.7 | 9.3 | 24.2 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 7.54 | 7.28 | 7.69 | |
Paihe River (PH) | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 17.7 | 10.2 | 22.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 7.45 | 7.17 | 7.60 | |
Shuangqiao River (SQ) | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 24.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 7.55 | 7.19 | 7.97 | |
Rural | Hangbu River (HB) | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 9.7 | 23.3 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 7.50 | 7.22 | 7.76 |
Baishitian River (BST) | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 17.9 | 9.4 | 23.9 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 7.46 | 7.09 | 7.80 | |
Zhaohe River (ZH) | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 10.1 | 23.8 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.47 | 7.04 | 7.76 | |
Zhegao River (ZG) | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 24.7 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.55 | 7.30 | 7.72 | |
Qiyang River (QY) | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 18.3 | 10.6 | 25.1 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 7.60 | 7.32 | 7.88 | |
Tongyang River (TY) | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 18.5 | 10.4 | 25.0 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 7.48 | 7.31 | 7.72 |
3.2. Composition of P and N in Water
3.3. P and N in Sediments
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, L.; Shao, S.; Liu, C.; Xu, T.; Fan, C. Forms of Nutrients in Rivers Flowing into Lake Chaohu: A Comparison between Urban and Rural Rivers. Water 2015, 7, 4523-4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/w7084523
Zhang L, Shao S, Liu C, Xu T, Fan C. Forms of Nutrients in Rivers Flowing into Lake Chaohu: A Comparison between Urban and Rural Rivers. Water. 2015; 7(8):4523-4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/w7084523
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Lei, Shiguang Shao, Cheng Liu, Tingting Xu, and Chengxin Fan. 2015. "Forms of Nutrients in Rivers Flowing into Lake Chaohu: A Comparison between Urban and Rural Rivers" Water 7, no. 8: 4523-4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/w7084523