Impacts of human activities on nutrient transport in the Yellow River: The role of the Water-Sediment Regulation Scheme

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 592; pp. 161 - 170
• Main Authors: Li, Xinyu, Chen, Hontao, Jiang, Xueyan, Yu, Zhigang, Yao, Qingzhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2017
• Subjects: ammonium compounds; Ammonium Compounds - analysis; anthropogenic activities; China; denitrification; dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Environmental Monitoring; estuaries; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Human Activities; Humans; nitrates; Nitrates - analysis; nitrites; Nitrites - analysis; Nitrogen - analysis; nitrogen dioxide; nutrient content; Nutrients; Phosphorous Acids - analysis; phosphorus; Rivers; sediments; Silicates - analysis; spatial variation; Transport; Water - chemistry; Water Movements; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water-sediment regulation event; Yellow River; Yellow River; Water-sediment regulation event; Nutrients; Transport; Yellow River

Anthropogenic activities alter the natural states of large rivers and their surrounding environment. The Yellow River is a well-studied case of a large river with heavy human control. An artificial managed water and sediment release system, known as the Water-Sediment Regulation Scheme (WSRS), has b...