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R Soc Open Sci. 2018 Jan 24;5(1):170624. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170624. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Investigation of nitrogen and phosphorus contents in water in the tributaries of Danjiangkou Reservoir.

Royal Society open science

Yan Liu, Yuanyuan Zhu, Xiaocui Qiao, Binghui Zheng, Sheng Chang, Qing Fu, Schwarzer, Lippke, Luszczynska

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Source Protection, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China.
  2. Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 29410793 PMCID: PMC5792870 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170624

Abstract

As part of the efforts to ensure adequate supply of quality water from Danjiangkou Reservoir to Beijing, surface water samples were taken from the tributaries of Danjiangkou Reservoir in the normal (May), flood (August) and dry (December) seasons of 2014, and characterized for nitrogen and phosphorus contents as specified in the applicable standards. Test results indicated that (i) the organic pollution in the Sihe and Shendinghe rivers was more serious than those in other tributaries, and the concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus favoured the growth of most algae; (ii) total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN) and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) were in the forms of dissolved phosphorus (DTP), dissolved nitrogen (DTN) and nitrate nitrogen [Formula: see text], respectively, in these seasons; (iii) compared with nitrogen, phosphorus was more likely to block an overrun of phytoplankton; (iv) TN, TP, permanganate index (COD

Keywords: Danjiangkou Reservoir; correlation; nitrogen; nutrient structure; phosphorus; tributaries

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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