Water quality in rivers is vital to humans and to maintenance of biotic and ecological integrity.During the Four Major Rivers restoration of South Korea, remarkable attempts have been made to decrease external nutrien...Water quality in rivers is vital to humans and to maintenance of biotic and ecological integrity.During the Four Major Rivers restoration of South Korea, remarkable attempts have been made to decrease external nutrient loads and moveable weirs were designed to discharge silt that may deposit in pools. However, recently eutrophication of the Nakdong River, which was limited to the lower reaches, is seen to be spreading upstream. The reduction of external nutrient loads to rivers is a long-term goal that is unlikely to lead to reductions in algal blooms for many years because of the time required to implement effective land management strategies. It would therefore be desirable to implement complementary strategies. Regulating the amount of water released is effective at preventing algae blooms in weir pools; so, the relationship between discharge, stratification and bloom formation should be understood in this regard. However, pollutants are likely to accumulate in the riverbed upstream from release points. Thus, to control phosphorus levels, total phosphorus density should be lowered by applying in-river techniques as well. As many ecosystem properties are controlled by multiple processes, simultaneous river bottom improvement techniques, such as combined dissolved oxygen supply and nutrient inactivation, are likely to be effective. The purpose of this review is to present a series of technological approaches that can be used to improve the river bottom area and hence sediment nutrient release, and to illustrate the application of these techniques to the Nakdong River.展开更多
The feasibility of community-based bioassessment of environmental quality status was studied using microphytobenthos（MPB） in estuarine intertidal ecosystems.The sediment samples of MPB were collected monthly during ...The feasibility of community-based bioassessment of environmental quality status was studied using microphytobenthos（MPB） in estuarine intertidal ecosystems.The sediment samples of MPB were collected monthly during a 1-year cycle（September 2006-August 2007） at four sampling stations in the Nakdong River Estuary,Korea.Environmental variables,such as salinity,radiation,grain size of sediment,Si（OH）4（Si）,nitrate（NO3^-）,nitrite（NO2^-）,ammonium（NH4~＋） and phosphates（PO4^（3-））,were measured synchronously for comparison with biotic parameters.The statistical analyses were carried out for assessment the relationship between biotic and environmental parameters.The results showed that：（1） the MPB community structures were significant differences among four sampling stations;（2） spatial variation in the MPB communities were significantly correlated with environmental variables,especially the nutrient NH4＋ in combination with salinity and grain size;（3） three species（Navicula lacustris,Pleurosigma anglulatum and Fragilaria sp.1） were significantly correlated with nutrients and/or Si;and（4） the species richness and diversity were significantly correlated with the grain size.It is suggested that MPB communities may be used as a potentially robust bioindicator for assessing environmental quality status in estuarine intertidal ecosystems.展开更多
基金supported by the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, KICT, of Korean Government number 2014–0316
文摘Water quality in rivers is vital to humans and to maintenance of biotic and ecological integrity.During the Four Major Rivers restoration of South Korea, remarkable attempts have been made to decrease external nutrient loads and moveable weirs were designed to discharge silt that may deposit in pools. However, recently eutrophication of the Nakdong River, which was limited to the lower reaches, is seen to be spreading upstream. The reduction of external nutrient loads to rivers is a long-term goal that is unlikely to lead to reductions in algal blooms for many years because of the time required to implement effective land management strategies. It would therefore be desirable to implement complementary strategies. Regulating the amount of water released is effective at preventing algae blooms in weir pools; so, the relationship between discharge, stratification and bloom formation should be understood in this regard. However, pollutants are likely to accumulate in the riverbed upstream from release points. Thus, to control phosphorus levels, total phosphorus density should be lowered by applying in-river techniques as well. As many ecosystem properties are controlled by multiple processes, simultaneous river bottom improvement techniques, such as combined dissolved oxygen supply and nutrient inactivation, are likely to be effective. The purpose of this review is to present a series of technological approaches that can be used to improve the river bottom area and hence sediment nutrient release, and to illustrate the application of these techniques to the Nakdong River.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41276137the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean under contract No.201305030
文摘The feasibility of community-based bioassessment of environmental quality status was studied using microphytobenthos（MPB） in estuarine intertidal ecosystems.The sediment samples of MPB were collected monthly during a 1-year cycle（September 2006-August 2007） at four sampling stations in the Nakdong River Estuary,Korea.Environmental variables,such as salinity,radiation,grain size of sediment,Si（OH）4（Si）,nitrate（NO3^-）,nitrite（NO2^-）,ammonium（NH4~＋） and phosphates（PO4^（3-））,were measured synchronously for comparison with biotic parameters.The statistical analyses were carried out for assessment the relationship between biotic and environmental parameters.The results showed that：（1） the MPB community structures were significant differences among four sampling stations;（2） spatial variation in the MPB communities were significantly correlated with environmental variables,especially the nutrient NH4＋ in combination with salinity and grain size;（3） three species（Navicula lacustris,Pleurosigma anglulatum and Fragilaria sp.1） were significantly correlated with nutrients and/or Si;and（4） the species richness and diversity were significantly correlated with the grain size.It is suggested that MPB communities may be used as a potentially robust bioindicator for assessing environmental quality status in estuarine intertidal ecosystems.
