Reconstructing historical changes in phosphorus inputs to rivers from point and nonpoint sources in a rapidly developing watershed in eastern China, 1980–2010》.pdf

Science of the Total Environment 533 (2015) 196–204 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment journal homepage: /locate/scitotenv Reconstructing historical changes in phosphorus inputs to rivers from point and nonpoint sources in a rapidly developing watershed in eastern China, 1980–2010 Dingjiang Chen a,b,⁎, Minping Hu a,c, Yi Guo a,d, Randy A. Dahlgren b a College of Environmental Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China b Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA c Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Subtropical Soil and Plant Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China d Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China H I G H L I G H T S • Long-term TP input loads from nonpoint and point sources were determined by the LAM. • The LAM produced river total TP loads were verified by the outputs from the LOADEST. • In-stream retention/remobilization component of point source P load was estimated. • Both nonpoint and point source TP input loads increased rapidly over the past 31-yr. • Nonpoint source input dominated TP load, especially for the summer high-flow period. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Quantifying point (PS) and nonpoint source (NPS) phosphorus inputs to rivers is critical for developing effective Received 14 April 2015 watershed remediation strategies. This study reconstructed PS and NPS total phosphorus (TP) inputs to the Received in revised form 26 May 2015 Yongan River in eastern