[Effects of land management measures on nutrients emission].
The SWAT model, coupled with a GIS, was applied to simulate the effects of fertilizer application, contour planting and returning land for farming to forestry on nutrients discharges. The results showed that when nitrogen fertilizer of agricultural land increased from 630 to 955 kg/hm2, and phosphorus fertilizer increased from 200 to 300 kg/hm2, nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient emissions have shown a growing trend. Nitrate nitrogen loads reached to 3 776.59 kg which increased 19.7% and the rate of changes was the largest. The change rate of inorganic phosphorus was the smallest which increased only 2.7%. The impact of emission loads on nitrogen and phosphorus was the smallest if contour planting was adopted. When slope farmland which slope is greater than 25% all returned land for farming to forestry, the emission loads of various forms of nitrogen and phosphorus decreased, organic phosphorus decreased 16.3% among them. Organic nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen and inorganic phosphorus compared with before returning land for farming to forestry, decreased 22.7%, 25.4% and 27.9% respectively. In small basin of Zhangjiachong, returning farmlands to forests and reducing the amount of chemical fertilizer on the slope farmlands which slopes are larger than 25% have played a prominent role.
Xu
Qi-Gong
QG
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China. xuqigong@tom.com
Xi
Bei-Dou
BD
Yu
Hui-Bin
HB
Tang
Zhen-Wu
ZW
Gao
Ru-Tai
RT
Xia
Xun-Feng
XF
D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005308:Fertilizers; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control
D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen