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Spatial Variations of Nutrient Concentrations in Pennsylvania Watersheds

펜실바니아 유역 수질의 공간적 변이에 관한 연구

  • Published : 2002.12.01
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Abstract

This paper investigated the spatial variations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations for 38 watersheds in Pennsylvania using 7 years of hydroclimatic and water quality data. Watersheds with higher percentage of urban and agricultural land uses exhibited larger variations of nutrient concentrations than forested watersheds. N and P concentrations were strongly associated with agricultural and urban land uses, respectively. The principle component analysis identified three components - land use and topography related, hydroclimate related factors, and size. Results of partial redundancy analysis showed the joint effect of climate, land cover, and topographic variables for explaining 28.1% of the variance of nitrogen concentrations and a pure effect of land cover for explaining 41.8% of total variance of P concentrations. The geographical pattern of statewide nutrient concentrations demonstrated a strong spatial gradient; low concentration in northwestern PA and high concentrations in southeastern PA. This pattern is associated with combined effects of hydroclimate, land use, topography, and water quality at the regional scale.

이 연구는 7년 동안의 수문, 기후, 수질자료를 이용하여 펜실바니아 38개 유역 수질의 공간적 변이 패턴을 고찰하였다. 연구기간동안 도시적, 농업적 토지이용이 많은 유역에서 농도의 변이가 심하게 나타났다. 질소의 농도는 농업적 토지이용과. 인의 농도는 도시적 토지이용과 상관관계가 높게 나타났다. 주성분분석을 통해 이들의 농도 변이를 설명하는 주요 성분 셋이 - 토지 지형관련, 기후관련, 규모 - 도출되었다. 부분 여분 분석을 통해 기후, 토지, 지형의 복합적인 영향이 질소 농도 변이의 28.1%를 설명하고 있으며, 순수한 토지 변수의 영향이 인 농도의 41.8 o/o를 설명하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 주 전체적인 차원에서 농도변이의 뚜렷한 지리적 패턴-북서부지역의 낮은 농도와 남동부지역의 높은 농도-이 나타나고 있으며, 이는 지역적 규모에서 수문, 기후, 토지이용, 지형 등 여러 가지 환경변수의 복합적인 상호관련성을 반영하고 있다.

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