Fractal water quality fluctuations spanning the periodic table in an intensively farmed watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 930-937

  Aubert, Alice H ^a,b   Kirchner, James W ^c,d   Gascuel Odoux, Chantal ^a,b   Faucheux, Mikael ^a,b   Gruau, Gérard ^e   Mérot, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIPARAMETERS; QUALITY FLUCTUATIONS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CATCHMENTS; FRACTALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

CHLORINE; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR OXIDE; CARBON; ELEMENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; OBSERVATORY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; SOLUTE; SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; FRANCE; TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE; KERVIDY STREAM; MORBIHAN;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; ELEMENTS; FRACTALS; FRANCE; NITRATES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84892701560     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403723r     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Bouraoui, F.; Grizzetti, B. Long term change of nutrient concentrations of rivers discharging in European seas Sci. Total Environ. 2011, 409 (23) 4899-4916
2. Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Aurousseau, P.; Durand, P.; Ruiz, L.; Molenat, J. The role of climate on inter-annual variation in stream nitrate fluxes and concentrations Sci. Total Environ. 2010, 408 (23) 5657-66
3. Molenat, J.; Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Ruiz, L.; Gruau, G. Role of water table dynamics on stream nitrate export and concentration. in agricultural headwater catchment (France) J. Hydrol. 2008, 348 (3-4) 363-378
4. Mulholland, P. J.; Hill, W. R. Seasonal patterns in streamwater nutrient and dissolved organic carbon concentrations: Separating catchment flow path and in-stream effects Water Resour. Res. 1997, 33 (6) 1297-1306
5. Zhang, Y. K.; Schilling, K. Temporal variations and scaling of streamflow and baseflow and their nitrate-nitrogen concentrations and loads Adv. Water Resour. 2005, 28 (7) 701-710
6. Schwientek, M.; Osenbruck, K.; Fleischer, M. Investigating hydrological drivers of nitrate export dynamics in two agricultural catchments in Germany using high-frequency data series Environ. Earth Sci. 2013, 69 (2) 381-393
7. Gunnerson, C. G. Optimizing sampling intervals in tidal estuaries J. Sanit. Eng. Div., Am. Soc. Civ. Eng. 1966, 92 (SA2) 103-125
8. Kirchner, J. W.; Feng, X.; Neal, C.; Robson, A. J. The fine structure of water-quality dynamics: the (high-frequency) wave of the future Hydrol. Processes 2004, 18 (7) 1353-1359
9. Neal, C.; Reynolds, B.; Norris, D.; Kirchner, J. W.; Neal, M.; Rowland, P.; Wickham, H.; Harman, S.; Armstrong, L.; Sleep, D.; Lawlor, A.; Woods, C.; Williams, B.; Fry, M.; Newton, G.; Wright, D. Three decades of water quality measurements from the Upper Severn experimental catchments at Plynlimon, Wales: an openly accessible data resource for research, modelling, environmental management and education Hydrol. Processes 2011, 25 (24) 3818-3830
10. Halliday, S. J.; Wade, A. J.; Skeffington, R. A.; Neal, C.; Reynolds, B.; Rowland, P.; Neal, M.; Norris, D. An analysis of long-term trends, seasonality and short-term dynamics in water quality data from Plynlimon, Wales Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 434 (0) 186-200
11. Neal, C.; Reynolds, B.; Rowland, P.; Norris, D.; Kirchner, J. W.; Neal, M.; Sleep, D.; Lawlor, A.; Woods, C.; Thacker, S.; Guyatt, H.; Vincent, C.; Hockenhull, K.; Wickham, H.; Harman, S.; Armstrong, L. High-frequency water quality time series in precipitation and streamflow: From fragmentary signals to scientific challenge Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 434, 3-12
12. Feng, X.; Kirchner, J. W.; Neal, C. Spectral Analysis of Chemical Time Series from Long-Term Catchment Monitoring Studies: Hydrochemical Insights and Data Requirements Water, Air, Soil Pollut.: Focus 2004, 4 (2) 221-235
13. Godsey, S. E.; Aas, W.; Clair, T. A.; de Wit, H. A.; Fernandez, I. J.; Kahl, J. S.; Malcolm, I. A.; Neal, C.; Neal, M.; Nelson, S. J.; Norton, S. A.; Palucis, M. C.; Skjelkvale, B. L.; Soulsby, C.; Tetzlaff, D.; Kirchner, J. W. Generality of fractal 1/f scaling in catchment tracer time series, and its implications for catchment travel time distributions Hydrol. Processes 2010, 24 (12) 1660-1671
14. Hrachowitz, M.; Soulsby, C.; Tetzlaff, D.; Dawson, J. J. C.; Dunn, S. M.; Malcolm, I. A. Using long-term data sets to understand transit times in contrasting headwater catchments J. Hydrol. 2009, 367 (3-4) 237-248
15. Kirchner, J. W.; Feng, X. H.; Neal, C. Fractal stream chemistry and its implications for contaminant transport in catchments Nature 2000, 403, 524-527
16. Molenat, J.; Davy, P.; Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Durand, P. Spectral and cross-spectral analysis of three hydrological systems Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere 2000, 25 (4) 391-397
17. Molenat, J.; Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Aquilina, L.; Ruiz, L. Use of gaseous tracers (CFCs and SF6) and transit-time distribution spectrum to validate a shallow groundwater transport model J. Hydrol. 2013, 480, 1-9
18. Luque-Espinar, J. A.; Chica-Olmo, M.; Pardo-Igúzquiza, E.; García-Soldado, M. J. Influence of climatological cycles on hydraulic heads across a Spanish aquifer J. Hydrol. 2008, 354 (1-4) 33-52
19. Kirchner, J. W.; Neal, C. Universal fractal scaling in stream chemistry and its implications for water quality trend detection Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2013, 110 (30) 12213-12218
20. Shaw, S. B.; Harpold, A. A.; Taylor, J. C.; Walter, M. T. Investigating a high resolution, stream chloride time series from the Biscuit Brook catchment, Catskills, NY J. Hydrol. 2008, 348 (3-4) 245-256
21. Molénat, J.; Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Davy, P.; Durand, P. How to model shallow water-table depth variations: the case of the Kervidy-Naizin catchment, France Hydrol. Processes 2005, 19 (4) 901-920
22. Molenat, J.; Gascuel-Odoux, C. Modelling flow and nitrate transport in groundwater for the prediction of water travel times and of consequences of land use evolution on water quality Hydrol. Processes 2002, 16 (2) 479-492
23. Akkal, N., Description des systèmes d'exploitation du bassin versant de Kervidy-Naizin. NitroEurope IP internal report, 2010; p 71.
24. Aubert, A. H.; Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Gruau, G.; Akkal, N.; Faucheux, M.; Fauvel, Y.; Grimaldi, C.; Hamon, Y.; Jaffrezic, A.; Lecoz Boutnik, M.; Molenat, J.; Petitjean, P.; Ruiz, L.; Merot, P. Solute transport dynamics in small, shallow groundwater-dominated agricultural catchments: insights from a high-frequency, multisolute 10 yr-long monitoring study Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2013, 17 (4) 1379-1391
25. Dia, A.; Gruau, G.; Olivie-Lauquet, G.; Riou, C.; Molenat, J.; Curmi, P. The distribution of rare earth elements in groundwaters: Assessing the role of source-rock composition, redox changes and colloidal particles Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2000, 64 (24) 4131-4151
26. Kirchner, J. W. Aliasing in 1/f(alpha) noise spectra: origins, consequences, and remedies Phys. Rev. E 2005, 71 (066110) 1-16
27. Lambert, T.; Pierson-Wickmann, A.-C.; Gruau, G.; Thibault, J.-N.; Jaffrezic, A. Carbon isotopes as tracers of dissolved organic carbon sources and water pathways in headwater catchments J. Hydrol. 2011, 402 (3-4) 228-238
28. Nicholson, F. A.; Chambers, B. J.; Williams, J. R.; Unwin, R. J. Heavy metal contents of livestock feeds and animal manures in England and Wales Bioresour. Technol. 1999, 70 (1) 23-31
29. Kirchner, J. W.; Feng, X.; Neal, C. Catchment-scale advection and dispersion as a mechanism for fractal scaling in stream tracer concentrations J. Hydrol. 2001, 254, 82-101