Nutrient characteristics in the Yangtze River Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea before and after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4687-4695

  Chai, Chao ^a,b   Yu, Zhiming ^a   Shen, Zhiliang ^a   Song, Xiuxian ^a   Cao, Xihua ^a   Yao, Yun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Nutrient; Three Gorges Dam; Yangtze River Estuary

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CONCENTRATION OF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; EAST CHINA SEA; HISTORICAL DATA; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; REACTIVE SILICA; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; STUDY AREAS; THREE GORGES DAM; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

ALGAE CONTROL; DAMS; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICA; SILICON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARY; IMPOUNDMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TREND STUDY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; PACIFIC OCEAN; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 67349238770     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Barnes H. Apparatus and methods of oceanography. Part One: Chemical. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd; 1959. p. 341.
2. Bearsdley R.C., Limeburner R., Yu H., and Cannon G.A. Discharges of Changjiang (Yangtze River) into the East China Sea. Cont Shelf Res 4 (1985) 55-76
3. Chai C., Yu Z.M., Song X.X., and Shen Z.L. Characteristics of nutrient structures and limitation in the Yangtze River Estuary before and after water storage of the Three Gorges Project. Environ Sci 28 1 (2007) 64-69 (in Chinese with English abstract)
4. Chen C.T.A. The Three Gorges Dam reducing the upwelling and thus productivity in the East China Sea. Geophys Res Lett 27 3 (2000) 381-383
5. Chen X.Q., Yan Y.X., Fu R.S., Dou X.P., and Zhang E.F. Sediment transport from the Yangtze River, China, into the sea over the post-Three Gorge Dam period: a discussion. Quat Int 186 (2008) 55-64
6. Conley D.J., Chelske C.L., and Stoermer E.F. Modification of the biogeochemical cycle of silica with eutrophication. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 101 (1993) 179-192
7. Conley D.J., Stalnacke P., Pitkänen H., and Wilander A. The transport and retention of dissolved silicate by rivers in Sweden and Finland. Limnol Oceanogr 45 (2000) 1850-1853
8. Delcroix T., and Murtugudde R. Sea surface salinity changes in the East China Sea during 1997-2001: influence of the Yangtze river. J Geophys Res 107 (2002) 1-11
9. DeMaster D.J., and Pope R.H. Nutrient dynamics in Amazon waters: results from AMASSEDS. Cont Shelf Res 16 (1996) 263-289
10. Dortch Q., and Whitledge T.E. Does nitrogen or silicon limit phytoplankton production in the Mississippi River plume and nearby regions?. Cont Shelf Res 12 (1992) 1293-1309
11. Edmond J.M., Spivack A., Grand A.C., Hu M.H., and Chen Z.X. Chemical dynamics of the Changjiang Estuary. Cont Shelf Res 4 (1985) 17-36
12. Fisher T.R., Harding L.W., Stanley D.W., and Ward L.G. Phytoplankton, nutrients and turbidity in the Chesapeake, Delaware, and Hudson estuaries. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 27 (1988) 61-93
13. Friedl G., and Wüest A. Disrupting biogeochemical cycles - consequences of damming. Aquat Sci 64 (2002) 55-65
14. Friedl G., Teodoru C., and Wehrli B. Is the Iron Gate I reservoir on the Danube River a sink for dissolved silica?. Biogeochemistry 68 (2004) 21-32
15. Froelich P.N. Kinetic control of dissolved phosphate in natural rivers and estuaries: a primer on the phosphate butter mechanism. Limnol Oceanogr 33 4 (1988) 649-668
16. Gong G., Chang J., Chiang K., Hsiung T., Hung C., Duan S., et al. Reduction of primary production and changing of nutrient ratio in the East China Sea: effect of the Three Gorges Dam?. Geophys Res Lett 33 7 (2006) 1-4
17. Grasshoff K. Methods of seawater analysis (1976), Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, New York 276-281
18. Han X.R., Wang X.L., Sun X., Shi X.Y., Zhu C.J., Zhang C.S., et al. Nutrient distribution and its relationship with occurrence of red tide in coastal area of East China Sea. China J Appl Ecol 14 7 (2003) 1097-1101 (in Chinese with English abstract)
19. Huang X.P., Huang L.M., and Yue W.Z. The characteristics of nutrients and eutrophication in the Pearl River estuary, South China. Mar Pollut Bull 47 (2003) 30-36
20. Humborg C., Ittekkot V., Cociasu A., and Bodungen B. Effect of Danube River dam on Black Sea biogeochemistry and ecosystem structure. Nature 386 (1997) 385-388
21. Jiao N.Z., Zhang Y., Zeng Y.H., Gardner W.D., Mishonov A.V., Richardson M.J., et al. Ecological anomalies in the East China Sea: impacts of the Three Gorges Dam?. Water Res 41 (2007) 1287-1293
22. Justic D., Rabalais N.N., Turner R.E., and Dortch Q. Changes in nutrient structure of river-dominated coastal waters: stoichiometric nutrient balance and its consequences. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 40 (1995) 339-356
23. Li J.F., and Zhang C. Sediment resuspension and implications for turbidity maximum in the Changjiang Estuary. Mar Geol 148 (1998) 117-124
24. Lin Y.A., Su J.L., Hu C.Y., Zhang M., Li Y., Guan W.B., et al. N and P in waters of the Zhujiang River Estuary in summer. Acta Oceanol Sin 26 (2004) 63-73 (in Chinese with English abstract)
25. Liu H.B., and Dagg M. Interactions between nutrients, phytoplankton growth, and micro- and mesozooplankton grazing in the plume of the Mississippi River. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 258 (2003) 31-42
26. Liu S.M., Zhang J., Chen H.T., Wu Y., Xiong H., and Zhang Z.F. Nutrients in the Changjiang and its tributaries. Biogeochemistry 62 (2003) 1-18
27. Mayer L.M., and Gloss S.P. Buffering of silica and phosphate in a turbid river. Limnol Oceanogr 25 (1980) 12-22
28. Moutin T., Raimbault P., Golterman H.L., and Coste B. The input of nutrients by the Rhone river into the Mediterranean Sea: recent observations and comparison with earlier data. Hydrobiologia 373/374 (1998) 237-246
29. Pai S.C., Yang C.C., and Reliey J.P. Formation kinetics of the pink azo dye in the determination of nitrite in the natural waters. Anal Chim Acta 232 (1990) 345-349
30. Parsons T.R., Maita Y., and Lalli C.M. A manual of chemical and biological methods for seawater analysis (1984), Pergamon Press 173
31. Pomeroy L.R., Smith E.E., and Grant C.M. The exchange of phosphate between estuarine water and sediments. Limnol Oceanogr 10 2 (1965) 167-172
32. Sanders R., Jickells T., and Mills D. Nutrients and chlorophyll at two sites in the Thames plume and southern North Sea. J Sea Res 46 (2001) 13-28
33. Shen Z.L. Preliminary study on the Changjiang River mainstream nutrients fluxes. Oceanol Limnol Sin 28 5 (1997) 522-528 (in Chinese with English abstract)
34. Shen H.T. Material flux of the Changjiang Estuary (2001), Ocean Press, Beijing 2 (in Chinese)
35. Shen Z.L. Phosphorus and silicate fluxes in the Yangtze River. Acta Geogr Sin 61 7 (2006) 741-751 (in Chinese with English abstract)
36. Shen Z.L., Lu J.P., Liu X.J., and Diao H.X. Distribution characters of the nutrients in the Changjiang River Estuary and the effect of the Three Gorges Project on it. Studia Mar Sin 33 (1992) 109-129 (in Chinese with English abstract)
37. Shi Z. Behavior of fine suspended sediment at the North passage of the Changjiang Estuary. China J Hydrol 293 (2004) 180-190
38. Smith W.O., and DeMaster D.J. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Amazon River plume: correlation with seasonal river discharge. Cont Shelf Res 16 (1996) 291-319
39. Strickland J.D.H., and Parsons T.R. A practical handbook of seawater analysis. Fish Res Board Can Bull 167 (1972) 311
40. Teodoru C., and Wehrli B. Retention of sediments and nutrients in the Iron Gate I Reservoir on the Danube River. Biogeochemistry 76 (2005) 539-565
41. Turley C.M. The changing Mediterranean Sea-a sensitive ecosystem?. Progress in Oceanography 44 (1999) 387-400
42. Valderrama J.C. The simultaneous analysis of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in natural waters. Mar Chem 10 (1981) 109-122
43. Xu K.H., and Milliman J.D. Seasonal variations of sediment discharge from the Yangtze River before and after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam. Geomorphology (2008) 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.004
44. Xu K.Q., Hayashi S., Murakami S., Maki H., Xu B.H., and Watanabe M. Characteristics of water quality in the Changjiang River: observations conducted in 1998 and 1999. Acta Geogr Sin 56 1 (2004) 118-124
45. Yu L.H., Li D.J., Fang T., Li Y., and Gao L. Distributions of DSi, DIN and changes of Si:N ratio on summer in Changjiang Estuary before and after storage of Three Gorges Reservoir. Acta Ecol Sin 26 9 (2006) 2817-2826 (in Chinese with English abstract)
46. Yuan J., Hayden L., and Dagg M. Comment on "Reduction of primary production and changing of nutrient ratio in the East China Sea: effect of the Three Gorges Dam?" by Gwo-Ching Gong et al. Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2007) 10.1029/2006GL029036
47. Zhang J.M., Liu S., Zhang Q., and Liu Y.T. Nutrient distribution and eutrophication assessment for the adjacent waters of the Yellow River estuary. Mar Sci Bull 27 5 (2008) 65-72 (in Chinese with English abstract)
48. Zhou M.J., Shen Z.L., and Yu R.C. Responses of a coastal phytoplankton community to increased nutrient input from the Changjiang (Yangtze) River. Cont Shelf Res 28 (2008) 1483-1489