Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycles of freshwater ecosystems. However, the lack of readily available distributed models for carbon export has limited the effective management of organic carbon fluxes from soils, through...

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Authors: Di Grazia, Francesco; Garcia Acosta, Xavier; Acuña, Vicenç; Llanos Paez, Oriana Lucia; Galgani, Luisa; Gumiero, Bruna; Loiselle, Steven A.
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/23006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/23006
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Gestió ambiental
Freshwater ecology
Environmental management
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Acuña, Vicenç
Llanos Paez, Oriana Lucia
Galgani, Luisa
Gumiero, Bruna
Loiselle, Steven A.
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Galgani, Luisa
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description Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycles of freshwater ecosystems. However, the lack of readily available distributed models for carbon export has limited the effective management of organic carbon fluxes from soils, through river networks and to receiving marine waters. Wedevelop a spatially semi-distributedmass balance modeling approach to estimate organic carbon flux at a sub-basin and basin scales, using commonly available data, to allow stakeholders to explore the impacts of alternative river basin management scenarios and climate change on riverine DOC and POC dynamics. Data requirements, related to hydrological, land-use, soil and precipitation characteristics are easily retrievable from international and national databases, making it appropriate for data-scarce basins. The model is built as an open-source plugin for QGIS and can be easily integrated with other basin scale decision support models on nutrient and sediment export. We tested the model in Piave river basin, in northeast Italy. Results show that the model reproduces spatial and temporal changes in DOC and POC fluxes in relation to changes in precipitation, basin morphology and land use across different sub-basins. For example, the highest DOC export were associated with both urban and forest land use classes and during months of elevated precipitation.We used the model to evaluate alternative land use scenarios and the impact of climate on basin level carbon export to Mediterranean
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spelling Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales Di Grazia, Francesco Garcia Acosta, Xavier Acuña, Vicenç Llanos Paez, Oriana Lucia Galgani, Luisa Gumiero, Bruna Loiselle, Steven A. Ecologia d'aigua dolça Gestió ambiental Freshwater ecology Environmental management Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycles of freshwater ecosystems. However, the lack of readily available distributed models for carbon export has limited the effective management of organic carbon fluxes from soils, through river networks and to receiving marine waters. Wedevelop a spatially semi-distributedmass balance modeling approach to estimate organic carbon flux at a sub-basin and basin scales, using commonly available data, to allow stakeholders to explore the impacts of alternative river basin management scenarios and climate change on riverine DOC and POC dynamics. Data requirements, related to hydrological, land-use, soil and precipitation characteristics are easily retrievable from international and national databases, making it appropriate for data-scarce basins. The model is built as an open-source plugin for QGIS and can be easily integrated with other basin scale decision support models on nutrient and sediment export. We tested the model in Piave river basin, in northeast Italy. Results show that the model reproduces spatial and temporal changes in DOC and POC fluxes in relation to changes in precipitation, basin morphology and land use across different sub-basins. For example, the highest DOC export were associated with both urban and forest land use classes and during months of elevated precipitation.We used the model to evaluate alternative land use scenarios and the impact of climate on basin level carbon export to Mediterranean Elsevier http://hdl.handle.net/10256/23006
spellingShingle Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
Di Grazia, Francesco
Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Gestió ambiental
Freshwater ecology
Environmental management
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title Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
title_full Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
title_fullStr Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
title_full_unstemmed Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
title_short Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
title_sort Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
topic Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Gestió ambiental
Freshwater ecology
Environmental management
topic_facet Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Gestió ambiental
Freshwater ecology
Environmental management
url http://hdl.handle.net/10256/23006