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Land Use, Climate and Transport of Nutrients: Evidence Emerging from the Lake Vicocase Study

Authors: F. Recanatesi, M. N. Ripa, A. Leone, Perini Luigi, Salvati Luca

Published in: Environmental Management | Issue 2/2013

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Soil erosion is a Europe-wide problem, causing both loss of soil fertility and pollution due to nutrient transport into water bodies. This process is particularly important in the Mediterranean area, where the climate, characterised by long periods of drought followed by intense precipitation, favours soil erosion. Research carried out in this field has amply described this process, showing that climate and land use/land cover (LU/LC) are the two main factors regulating this phenomenon. However, the interaction between these factors is complex and experimental research is needed to understand the nutrient loads deriving from different land uses. This paper shows the results of a long-term monitoring project carried out in the Lake Vico basin (central Italy), using high resolution data and runoff samples to determine the phosphorus (P) export from four different LU/LC classes resulting from the same climatic event. The results highlight the fundamental role that LU/LC plays in terms of phosphorus load. Furthermore, the results appear to indicate that the maximum rainfall registered for 30′ (I _{30, max}), rather than the total quantity of precipitation, has the greatest effect on levels of erosion, and consequently on the migration of nutrients rather than the total quantity of precipitation can affect on erosion and therefore the migration of nutrients. These data could contribute to scientific planning support for land management choices aimed at controlling water pollution from non-point pollution sources.

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Title: Land Use, Climate and Transport of Nutrients: Evidence Emerging from the Lake Vicocase Study
Authors: F. Recanatesi
M. N. Ripa
A. Leone
Perini Luigi
Salvati Luca
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Environmental Management / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0364-152X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0060-6

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