Influence of extreme drawdown on water quality downstream of a large water storage reservoir

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-206

  Baldwin, D S ^a,c   Wilson, J ^b,c   Gigney, H ^a,c   Boulding, A ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Drought; Loads; Nutrient; Serial discontinuity concept

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRAWDOWN; DROUGHT; IRON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE HUME;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 75849152463     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1255     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Baldwin DS, Gigney H, Wilson J, Watson G, Boulding AN. 2008. Drivers of water quality in a large water storage reservoir during a period of extreme drawdown. Water Research 42: 4711-4725.
2. Baldwin DS, Mitchell AM. 2000. Effects of drying and re-flooding on the sediment/soil nutrient-dynamics of lowland river floodplain systems -a synthesis. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 16: 457-467.
3. Baldwin DS, Mitchell AM, Olley J. 2002. Pollutant-sediment interactions: sorption, reactivity and transport of phosphorus. In Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality, Haygarth P, Jarvis S (eds). CABI Publishing: Wallingford; 265-280.
4. Baldwin DS, Williams J. 2007. Differential release of nitrogen and phosphorus from anoxic sediments. Chemistry and Ecology. 23: 243-249.
5. Barillier A, Garnier J, Coste M. 1993. Experimental reservoir water release - impact on the water-quality on a river 60km downstream (upper Seine River, France). Water Research 27: 635-643.
6. Camargo JA, de Jalon DG. 1990. The downstream impacts of the Burgomillodo reservoir, Spain. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 5: 305-317.
7. Clarke KR, Warwick RM. 2001. Changes in Marine Communities: An Approach to Statistical Analysis and Interpretation, (2nd edn). PRIMERE Ltd: Plymouth UK.
8. Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2007. Blue green algae Circular. Available from URL: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/index.htm Accessed 15 October 2007.
9. Ittekkot V, Humborg C, Schafer P. 2000. Hydrological alterations and marine biogeochemistry: a silicate issue? Biosciences 50: 776-782.
10. Junk WI, Bayley PB, Sparks RE. 1989. The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems. In Canadian Special Publication Fish and Aquatic Science, 106, NRC Research Press: Ottawa; 110-127.
11. Kummu M, Varis O. 2007. Sediment-related impacts due to upstream reservoir trapping, the Lower Mekong River. Geomorphology 85: 275-283.
12. McClain ME, Boyer EW, Dent CL, Gergel SE, Grimm NB, Groffman PM, Hart SC, Harvey JW, Johnston CA, Mayorga E, McDowell WH, Pinay G. 2003. Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems 6: 301-312.
13. Mitchell AM, Baldwin DS. 1999. The effects of sediment desiccation on the potential for nitrification, denitrification, and methanogenesis in an Australian reservoir. Hydrobiologia. 392: 3-11.
14. Mitrovic SM, Oliver RL, Rees C, Bowling LC, Buckney RT. 2003. Critical flow rates for the growth and dominance of Anabaena circinalis in some turbid freshwater rivers. Freshwater Biology. 48: 164-172.
15. Naselli-Flores L. 2003. Man-made lakes in Mediterranean semi-arid climate: the strange case of Dr Deep Lake and Mr Shallow Lake. Hydrobiologia 506-509: 13-21.
16. National Health and Medical Research Council. 2008. Guidelines for managing risk in recreational waters. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/ publications/synopses/_files/eh38.pdf Accessed 25 November 2008.
17. NSW Water Information. 2007. http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/sites_riis.epl Accessed 15 October 2007.
18. Nillson C, Berggren K. 2000. Alteration of Riparian ecosystems caused by river regulation. Biosciences 50: 783-792.
19. Redfield AC. 1934. On the proportions of organic derivations in sea water and their relation to the composition of plankton. In James Johnson Memorial Volume, Daniel RJ (ed.). University Press of Liverpool: Liverpool; 177-192.
20. Riemann B, Simonsen P, Stensgaard L. 1989. The carbon and chlorophyll content of phytoplankton from various nutrient regimes. Journal of Plankton Research. 11: 1037-1045.
21. Shields FD, Simon A, Steffen L. 2000. Reservoir effects on downstream river channel migration. Environmental Conservation. 27: 54-66.
22. Stanford JA, Ward JV. 2001. Revisiting the serial discontinuity concept. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management. 17: 303-310.
23. Vannote RL, Minshall GM, Cummins KW, Seddell JR, Cushing CE. 1980. The river continuum concept. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 37: 130-137.
24. Victorian Water Resources Data Warehouse. 2007. http://www.vicwaterdata.net/vicwaterdata Accessed 15 October 2007.
25. Ward W, Stanford JA. 1983. The serial discontinuity concept of lotic ecosytems. in Dynamics of Lotic Systems, Fontaine TD Bartell SM (eds). Ann Arbour Scientific Publishers: Ann Arbour; 29-42.