Efficiency of nutrient management in controlling eutrophication of running waters in the Middle Danube Basin

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-71

  Istvánovics, Vera ^a   Honti, Márk ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll response functions; Nutrient management efficiency; River size; Sestonic chlorophyll; Water Framework Directive; Water residence time

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESIDENCE TIME; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER POLLUTION;

DANUBE BASIN; HUNGARY;

ALGAE;

EID: 84858620409     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-0999-y     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Basu, B. K. & F. R. Pick, 1996. Factors regulating phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass in temperate rivers. Limnology and Oceanography 41: 1572-1577.
2. Biggs, B. J. F., 2000. Eutrophication of streams and rivers: dissolved nutrient-chlorophyll relationships for benthic algae. Journal of North American Benthological Society 19: 17-31.
3. Billen, G., J. Garnier & P. Hanset, 1994. Modelling phytoplankton development in whole drainage networks: the RIVERSTRAHLER model applied to the Seine river system. Hydrobiologia 289: 119-137.
4. Billen, G., J. Garnier, J. Némery, M. Sebilo, A. Sferratore, S. Barles, P. Benoit & M. Benôi{dotless}t, 2007. A long-term view of nutrient transfers through the Seine river continuum. Science of the Total Environment 375: 80-97.
5. Catt, J. A., 2001. The agricultural importance of loess. Earth-Science Reviews 54: 213-229.
6. Chételat, J., F. R. Pick & P. B. Hamilton, 2006. Potamoplankton size structure and taxonomic composition: influence of river size and nutrient concentrations. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 681-689.
7. Csathó, P. & L. Radimszky, 2011. Towards sustainable agricultural NP turnover in the EU 27 countries: a review. In Tóth, G. & T. Németh (eds), Land Quality and Land Use Information in the European Union. JRC-IES, Ispra: 69-86.
8. Csathó, P., I. Sisák, L. Radimszky, S. Lushaj, H. Spiegel, M. T. Nikolova, N. Nikolov, P. Čermák, J. Klir, A. Astover, A. Karklins, S. Lazauskas, J. Kopiński, C. Hera, E. Dumitru, M. Manojlovic, D. Bogdanović, S. Torma, M. Leskošek & A. Khristenko, 2007. Agriculture as a source of phosphorus causing eutrophication in Central and Eastern Europe. Soil Use and Management Supplement 23: 36-56.
9. Dodds, W. K., 2006. Eutrophication and trophic state in rivers and streams. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 671-680.
10. Dodds, W. K. & R. M. Oakes, 2004. A technique for establishing reference nutrient concentrations across watersheds affected by humans. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 2: 333-341.
11. Dodds, W. K. & E. B. Welch, 2000. Establishing nutrient criteria in streams. Journal of North American Benthological Society 19: 186-196.
12. Dokulil, M. 2006. Assessment of potamoplankton and primary productivity in the river Danube: A review. In Proceedings 36th International Conference of IAD. Austrian Committee Danube Research/IAD, Vienna. ISBN 13: 978-3-9500723-2-7, 1-5.
13. Ero{double acute}s, T., D. Schmera & R. S. Shick, 2011. Network thinking in riverscape conservation-a graph-based approach. Biological Conservation 144: 181-192.
14. Francoeur, S. N., 2001. Meta-analysis of lotic nutrient amendment experiments: detecting and quantifying subtle responses. Journal of North American Benthological Society 20: 358-368.
15. Froelich, P. N., 1988. Kinetic control of dissolved phosphate in natural rivers and estuaries: a primer on the phosphate buffer mechanism. Limnology and Oceanography 33: 649-668.
16. Hansen, E. & M. Christ, 2001. EPA's Nutrient Criteria Recommendations and Their Application in Nutrient Ecoregion XI. http://www. wvrivers. org/wvrcpermitassistance/WVRCPermitAnalysisProgram_files/NutrientCommentsEcoregionXI. pdf.
17. Hein, T., C. Baranyi, G. J. Herndl, W. Wanek & F. Schiemer, 2003. Allochthonous and autochthonous particulate organic matter in floodplains of the River Danube: the importance of hydrological connectivity. Freshwater Biology 48: 220-232.
18. Honti, M., V. Istvánovics & Z. Kozma, 2008. Assessing phytoplankton growth in River Tisza (Hungary). Verhandlungen der internationle Vereinigung für throretische und angewandte Limnologie 30: 87-89.
19. Honti, M., V. Istvánovics & Á. Kovács, 2010. Balancing between retention and flushing in river networks - optimizing nutrient management to improve trophic state. Science of the Total Environment 408: 4712-4721.
20. ICPDR, 2005. The Danube River Basin District. Part A-basin-wide overview. http://www. icpdr. org/icpdr-pages/reports. htm.
21. Istvánovics, V. & M. Honti, 2011. Phytoplankton growth in three rivers: the role of meroplankton and the benthic retention hypothesis. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 1439-1452.
22. Istvánovics, V., M. Honti, L. Vörös & Z. Kozma, 2010. Phytoplankton dynamics in relation to connectivity, flow dynamics and resource availability-the case of a large, lowland river, the Hungarian Tisza. Hydrobiologia 637: 121-141.
23. Jackson, L. J., T. L. Lauridsen, M. Søndergaard & E. Jeppesen, 2007. A comparison of shallow Danish and Canadian lakes and implications of climate change. Freshwater Biology 52: 1782-1792.
24. Kiss, K. T., 1994. Trophic level and eutrophication of the River Danube in Hungary. Verhandlungen der internationle Vereinigung für throretische und angewandte Limnologie 25: 1688-1691.
25. Leopold, L. B., M. G. Wolman & J. P. Miller, 1964. Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology. WH Freeman and Company, San Francisco.
26. Meybeck, M., 1982. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus transport by world rivers. American Journal of Science 282: 401-450.
27. Neal, C., H. Davies & M. Neal, 2008. Water quality, nutrients and the water framework directive in an agricultural region: the lower Humber Rivers, northern England. Journal of Hydrology 350: 232-245.
28. Ódor, L., I. Horváth & U. Fügedi, 1997. Low-density geochemical mapping in Hungary. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 60: 55-66.
29. Reynolds, C. S., 1992. Eutrophication and the management of planktonic algae: what Vollenweider couldn't tell us. In Sutcliffe, D. W. & J. G. Jones (eds), Eutrophication: Research and Application to Water Supply. FBA, Ambleside: 4-29.
30. Reynolds, C. S., 2000. Hydroecology of river plankton: the role of variability in channel flow. Hydrological Processes 14: 3119-3132.
31. Reynolds, C. S. & J.-P. Descy, 1996. The production, biomass, and structure of phytoplankton in large rivers. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplementband Large Rivers 113: 161-187.
32. Reynolds, C. S., J.-P. Descy & J. Padisák, 1994. Are phytoplankton dynamics in rivers so different from those in shallow lakes? Hydrobiologia 289: 1-7.
33. Robson, A. J. & C. Neal, 1997. A summary of regional water quality for Eastern UK rivers. Science of the Total Environment 194(195): 15-37.
34. Royer, T. V., M. B. David, L. E. Gentry, C. A. Mitchell, K. M. Starks, T. I. Heatherly & M. R. Whiles, 2008. Assessment of chlorophyll-a as a criterion for establishing nutrient standards in the streams and rivers of Illinois. Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 437-447.
35. Sabater, S., J. Artigas, C. Durán, M. Pardos, A. M. Romaní, E. Tornés & I. Ylla, 2008. Longitudinal development of chlorophyll and phytoplankton assemblages in a regulated large river (the Ebro River). Science of the Total Environment 404: 196-206.
36. Salminen, R., M. J. Batista, M. Bidovec, A. Demetriades, B. De Vivo, W. De Vos, M. Duris, A. Gilucis, V. Gregorauskiene, J. Halamic, P. Heitzmann, A. Lima, G. Jordan, G. Klaver, P. Klein, J. Lis, J. Locutura, K. Marsina, A. Mazreku, P. J. O'Connor, S. Å. Olsson, R.-T. Ottesen, V. Petersell, J. A. Plant, S. Reeder, I. Salpeteur, H. Sandström, U. Siewers, A. Steenfelt & T. Tarvainen, 2005. Geochemical Atlas of Europe. Part 1-Background Information, Methodology, and Maps. Association of the Geological Surveys of the European Union/Geological Survey of Finland, www. gtk. fi/publ/foregsatlas/.
37. Sas, H., 1989. Lake Restoration by Reduction of Nutrient Loading Expectations, Experiences, Extrapolation. Academic Verlag, St Augustin.
38. Schreiber, H., H. Behrendt, L. T. Constantinescu, I. Cvitanic, D. Drumea, D. Jabucar, S. Juran, B. Pataki, S. Snishko & M. Zessner, 2005. Nutrient emissions from diffuse and point sources into the River Danube and its main tributaries for the period of 1998-2000-results and problems. Water Science and Technology 51: 283-290.
39. Smith, V. H., 2003. Eutrophication of freshwater and marine ecosystems: a global problem. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 10: 126-139.
40. Smith, V. H., G. D. Tilman & J. C. Nekola, 1999. Eutrophication: impacts of excess nutrient inputs on freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. Environment Pollution 100: 179-196.
41. Søballe, D. M. & B. L. Kimmel, 1987. A large-scale comparison of factors influencing phytoplankton abundance in rivers, lakes and impoundments. Ecology 68: 1943-1954.
42. Somlyódy, L. & P. Shanahan, 1998. Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Central and Eastern Europe. Present Situation and Cost-Effective Development Strategies. World Bank, Washington.
43. Somlyódy, L., K. Buzás, A. Clement & Z. Melicz, 1999. Strategies for approximating EU legislation in Hungary: the Sajó River case. Water Science and Technology 40: 87-94.
44. Stutter, M. I., B. O. L. Demars & S. J. Langan, 2010. River phosphorus cycling: separating biotic and abiotic uptake during short-term changes in sewage effluent loading. Water Research 44: 4425-4436.
45. Swanson, C. D. & R. W. Bachmann, 1976. A model of algal exports in some Iowa streams. Ecology 57: 1076-1080.
46. Thorp, J. H., M. C. Thoms & M. D. DeLong, 2006. The riverine ecosystem synthesis: biocomplexity in river networks across space and time. River Research and Applications 22: 123-147.
47. Uherkovich, G., 1971. A Tisza Lebegô Paránynövényei (in Hungarian). Szolnok Megyei Múzeum Adattár, Szolnok, Hungary.
48. van Nieuwenhuyse, E. E. & J. R. Jones, 1996. Phosphorus-chlorophyll relationship in temperate streams and its variation with stream catchment area. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53: 99-105.
49. Vannote, R. L., G. W. Minshall, K. W. Cummins, J. R. Sedell & C. E. Cushing, 1980. The river continuum concept. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 130-137.
50. Verasztó, C., K. T. Kiss, C. Sipkay, L. Gimesi, C. Vadai-Fülöp, D. Türei & L. Hufnagel, 2010. Long-term dynamic patterns and diversity of phytoplankton communities in a large eutrophic river (the case of River Danube, Hungary). Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 8: 329-349.
51. Vollenweider, R. A. & J. J. Kerekes, 1982. Background and Summary Results of the OECD Cooperative Programme on Eutrophication. OECD, Paris.
52. Vörös, L., K. V. Balogh, S. Herodek & K. T. Kiss, 2000. Underwater light conditions, phytoplankton photosynthesis and bacterioplankton production in the Hungarian section of the River Danube. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement band Large Rivers 11: 511-532.
53. Walks, D. J., 2007. Persistence of plankton in flowing water. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64: 1693-1702.