NDLI: Denitrification Potential in Lake Sediment Increases Across a Gradient of Catchment Agriculture

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Author	Bruesewitz, Denise A. Hamilton, David P. Schipper, Louis A.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Intensification of catchment agriculture has increased nutrient loads and accelerated eutrophication in some lakes, often resulting in episodic harmful algal blooms or prolonged periods of anoxia. The influence of catchment agriculture on lake sediment denitrification capacity as a nitrogen (N) removal mechanism in lakes is largely unknown, particularly in contrast to research on denitrification in agricultural streams and rivers. We measured denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) to assess sediment denitrification potential in seven monomictic and three polymictic lakes that range in the proportion of agriculture in the catchment from 3 to 96% to determine if there is a link between agricultural land use in the lake catchment and sediment denitrification potential. We collected sediment cores for DEA measurements over 3 weeks in austral spring 2008 (October–November). Lake Okaro, with 96% catchment agriculture, had approximately 15 times higher DEA than Lake Tikitapu, with 3% catchment agriculture (232.2 ± 55.9 vs. 15.9 ± 4.5 μg N gAFDM−1 h−1, respectively). Additionally, sediment denitrification potential increased with the proportion of catchment in agriculture (R 2 = 0.85, P < 0.001). Our data suggest that lakes retain a high capacity to remove excess N via denitrification under increasing N loads from higher proportions of catchment agriculture. However, evidence from the literature suggests that despite a high capacity for denitrification and longer water residence times, lakes with high N loads will still remove a smaller proportion of their N load. Lakes have a denitrification potential that reflects the condition of the lake catchment, but more measurements of in situ denitrification rates across lake catchments is necessary to determine if this capacity translates to high N removal rates.
Starting Page	341
Ending Page	352
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14329840
Journal	Ecosystems
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14350629
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-02-02
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	nitrogen nitrate DEA land use pasture dairy New Zealand Environmental Management Plant Sciences Geoecology/Natural Processes Zoology Ecology Nature Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Environmental Chemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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