title: [Effects of land management measures on nutrients emission].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China. xuqigong@tom.com
authors.forename: Qi-Gong
authors.initials: QG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bei-Dou
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Hui-Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhen-Wu
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ru-Tai
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xun-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen