No Seasonality in the Nitrate Concentration of a Nitrogen-saturated Stream Water after Elimination of the Effect of Flow-path Change within the Soils.

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  • KAWAKAMI Tomonori
    Department of Environmental Systems Technology, College of Thecnology, Toyama Prefectural University
  • INABA Ayako
    Department of Environmental Systems Technology, College of Thecnology, Toyama Prefectural University
  • HONOKI Hideharu
    Toyama Science Musium

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  • 窒素飽和状態の渓流水における硝酸イオン濃度の変動特性
  • チッソ ホウワ ジョウタイ ノ ケイリュウスイ ニ オケル ショウサン イオン ノウド ノ ヘンドウ トクセイ

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Many streams on Kureha Hill, located in Toyama City, Japan, are believed to suffer from nitrogen saturation because of their high concentrations of nitrate. We tried to simulate the flow-path change and the nitrate dynamics within the soils of one of the watersheds by using a flow-path model in order to identify the factors regulating the nitrate concentration of the stream. The result from the model implied that the lateral flow containing extremely high concentration of nitrate from the sub-surface soil strongly affected the nitrate concentration of the stream water. The flow-path model also showed no seasonality in the nitrate concentration of the stream water after eliminating the effect of the flow-path change within the soils on the nitrate concentration of the stream water. This result well coincided with Stoddard's definition of nitrogen saturation in the respect that no seasonality would be found in the deep stage of nitrogen saturation.

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