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Influences of the stream groundwater hydrology on nitrate concentration in unsaturated riparian area bounded by an intermittent Mediterranean stream

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dc.creator Butturini, Andrea
dc.creator Bernal Berenguer, Susana
dc.creator Nin, E.
dc.creator Hellin, C.
dc.creator Rivero Marginedas, Lluís
dc.creator Sabater, Sergi
dc.creator Sabater i Comas, Francesc
dc.date 2011-03-08T08:43:00Z
dc.date 2011-03-08T08:43:00Z
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:26:10Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:26:10Z
dc.identifier 0043-1397
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/16803
dc.identifier 503291
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20631
dc.description Stream aquifer hydrology and nitrate removal were studied, over a period of 2 years, in an unsaturated riparian zone, bounded by an intermittent Mediterranean stream, (Fuirosos, northeastern Spain). The riparian groundwater system is characterized by drastic hydrological changes and by mixing of stream water with hillslope groundwater. The hillslope groundwater flowed through a medium with low hydraulic conductivity (9.6 10 - 3 < k s < 0.1 m d - 1 ) and low specific discharges (1.7 10 - 3 < q h l l < 15 10 - 3 m d - 1 ). In contrast, stream water infiltrated through the near stream porous medium with relatively high hydraulic conductivity (4.8 < k s < 19 m d - 1 ) and variable specific discharges (i.e., 0.03 < q s t < 1.5 m d - 1 ). An intense and short stream discharge period occurred in autumn, when stream water infiltrated a maximum of 10 m into the riparian zone. Nitrate concentration and nitrate removal spatial rates (η N O 3 ) showed wide spatial heterogeneity. Higher nitrate concentrations (3.4 NO 3 -N mg L - 1 ) and effective nitrate removal (η N O 3 = 0.098 ′ 0.04 m - 1 ) were found in the deep groundwater of hillslope zone associated to low water fluxes. In contrast, in the stream edge zone (with higher water fluxes), nitrate release predominated over depletion (η N O 3 = -0.13 ′ 0.04 m - 1 ) during the stream discharge period. This opposite pattern of nitrate removal observed in the study area suggests that the depletion of diffuse nitrate inputs in riparian zones bounded by intermittent streams requires careful consideration.
dc.format 13 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Geophysical Union
dc.relation Reproducció digital del document publicat a http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2001WR001260
dc.relation Water Resources Research, 2003, vol 39, núm. 4 , p. 12-1-12-13
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2001WR001260
dc.rights (c) American Geophysical Union, 2003
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals)
dc.subject Hidrologia d'aigües subterrànies
dc.subject Química de l'aigua
dc.subject Ecologia fluvial
dc.subject Nitrats
dc.subject Montnegre (Catalunya : Massís)
dc.subject Groundwater hydrology
dc.subject Water chemistry
dc.subject Stream ecology
dc.subject Nitrates
dc.subject Montnegre Mountains (Catalonia)
dc.title Influences of the stream groundwater hydrology on nitrate concentration in unsaturated riparian area bounded by an intermittent Mediterranean stream
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