Five conservative tracer tests including single nutrient and dual-nutrient injection were conducted to reveal the coupling mechanism of nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in two headwater streams of Ershibu River in the suburb of Hefei, Chaohu Lake Basin, from October 2017 to March 2018. NaCl and NaBr were selected as the conservative tracers; the reactive nutrients were KNO3 and KH2PO4. Based on the TASCC (Tracer Additions for Spiraling Curve Characterization) method, the Michaelis-Menten (M-M) model and the two-substrate M-M response surface model were applied to simulate the kinetics of nutrients uptake. The results showed that the uptake rates of NO3-N and PO4-P in the dual-nutrient injection test were significantly higher than those obtained in the single nutrient injection test, which implied that mutual promotion between NO3-N and PO4-P for nutrient uptake in the two headwater streams. The dual-nutrient uptake response surfaces presented the evolutionary trends of uptake rates at different concentrations and ratios of nitrogen and phosphorus. Additionally, it also explained the interaction mechanism of NO3-N (or PO4-P) uptake rate increasing with the increase of the available PO4-P (or NO3-N) at their low concentration. The fitting results of NO3-N and PO4-P maximum uptake rates (Umax-N and Umax-P) obtained by the two kinetic models presented deviations in a certain degree. The parameters of Umax-N and Umax-P were underestimated by the M-M model ranging from 3.91%~16.11% and 3.23%~23.63%, respectively.
李如忠, 许大强, 阙凤翔. 源头溪流氮磷耦合吸收效应及动力学模拟[J]. 中国环境科学, 2019, 39(2): 648-656.
LI Ru-zhong, XU Da-qiang, QUE Feng-xiang. Coupling uptake kinetics and mechanism of nitrogen and phosphorus in headwater streams. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2019, 39(2): 648-656.
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