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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.2166/wst.2010.277
Titel (primär) Strategies to mitigate diffuse phosphorus pollution during rewetting of fen peat soils
Autor Meissner, R.; Rupp, H.; Seeger, J.; Leinweber, P.
Quelle Water Science and Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
Department BOPHY
Band/Volume 62
Heft 1
Seite von 123
Seite bis 131
Sprache englisch
Keywords diffuse pollution; land use change; mitigation management; phosphorus; rewetting
Abstract The cultivation of fen peat soils (Eutric Histosols) for agricultural purposes, started in Europe about 250 years ago, resulting in decreased soil fertility, increased oxidation of peat and corresponding greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, nutrient transfer to aquatic ecosystems and losses in total area of the former native wetlands. To prevent these negative environmental effects set-aside programs and rewetting measures were promoted in recent years. Literature results and practical experiences showed that large scale rewetting of intensively used agricultural Histosols may result in mobilisation of phosphorus (P), its transport to adjacent surface waters and an accelerated eutrophication. The paper summarises results from an international European Community sponsored research project and demonstrates how results obtained at different scales and from different scientific disciplines were compiled to derive a strategy to carry out rewetting measures. Based on this findings a simple decision support system (DSS) for a hydrologically sensitive area in the Droemling catchment in north-eastern Germany was developed and since 2005 practically used to prevent freshwater resources from non point P pollution.
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Meissner, R., Rupp, H., Seeger, J., Leinweber, P. (2010):
Strategies to mitigate diffuse phosphorus pollution during rewetting of fen peat soils
Water Sci. Technol. 62 (1), 123 - 131 10.2166/wst.2010.277