Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
| DOI | 10.1002/hyp.14683 |
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| Titel (primär) | Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration-discharge relationships |
| Autor | Knapp, J.L.A.; Li, L.; Musolff, A. |
| Quelle | Hydrological Processes |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022 |
| Department | HDG |
| Band/Volume | 36 |
| Heft | 9 |
| Seite von | e14683 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Supplements | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1002%2Fhyp.14683&file=hyp14683-sup-0001-supinfo.docx |
| Keywords | concentration-discharge relationships; hydrologic connectivity; antecedent wetness; solute mobilisation; spatial heterogeneity; vertical solute profiles |
| Abstract | Changes in streamwater chemistry have frequently been used to understand the storage and release of water and solutes at the catchment scale. Streamwater chemistry typically varies in space and time, depending on sources, mobilisation mechanisms, and pathways of water and solutes. However, less is known about the role of lateral hydrologic connectivity and how it may influence streamwater chemistry and solute export patterns under different wetness conditions. This study analyses long-term low-frequency data from four UK catchments, using antecedent catchment wetness as proxy for lateral hydrologic connectivity. We demonstrate that solute mobilisation mechanisms can vary depending on catchment wetness, as different catchment areas become hydrologically connected to or disconnected from streams. We show that flow and streamwater chemistry are mostly decoupled under dry conditions, leading to stronger impacts of the heterogeneity in solute sources on mobilisation patterns during dry conditions compared to wet conditions. Our results demonstrate that the lateral and vertical distributions of solutes need to be integrated and considered together with the temporally variable hydrologic connectivity of these lateral areas to the stream when assessing streamwater chemistry. This combined analysis thus enables inferences regarding the lateral distribution of solutes throughout the catchment; it also indicates that a better understanding of the relationship between lateral hydrologic connectivity and the lateral and vertical distributions of solute concentrations can help to identify particularly vulnerable points in the catchment and their potential polluting effects on streams. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26532 |
| Knapp, J.L.A., Li, L., Musolff, A. (2022): Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration-discharge relationships Hydrol. Process. 36 (9), e14683 10.1002/hyp.14683 |
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