Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community

AbstractThe Dongyu River is a national site for monitoring the inflow of Nansi Lake, located in the southwest of Shandong Province, China. Water quality has a significant impact on the safety of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. To investigate the water quality of Dongyu River and the estu...

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Main Authors: Shuyu Tong, Liwei Yang, Liyuan Wang, Ran Yang, Shiyue Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-07-01
Series:Journal of Freshwater Ecology
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02705060.2023.2274349
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Liwei Yang
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description AbstractThe Dongyu River is a national site for monitoring the inflow of Nansi Lake, located in the southwest of Shandong Province, China. Water quality has a significant impact on the safety of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. To investigate the water quality of Dongyu River and the estuary area of Nansi Lake, we collected water samples and surface sediments from Dongyu River and the estuary area in May 2019 and analysed the characteristics of the diatom communities and water quality. The results showed that 23026 diatom shells were identified at 15 sampling points in the study area, belonging to 161 species of 23 genera. The dominant diatom taxa were Cyclotella meneghiniana, Fragilaria fasciculata, Fragilaria ulna, Amphora libyca, and Cocconeis placentula. Redundancy analysis explained 43.2% of diatom change information. The Monte Carlo permutation test showed that NH4+-N and DO were significant environmental factors that affected diatom assembly, explaining 34.78% and 8.38% of the diatom variability, respectively. The results of the biological evaluation showed that the water quality of Dongyu River and the estuary area of Nansi Lake were in a light-medium pollution state. The RDA analysis of the diatom community and principal component analysis showed that the water quality of the middle and lower reaches of Dongyu River was poor. In general, the middle and lower reaches of Dongyu River are severely polluted by agricultural non-point sources and controlling the use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers and the emission of nitrogen-containing organic matter can preserve the aquatic water quality of Dongyu River and the water safety of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project.
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spelling doaj.art-97025858e1be43e2b37b86247be2d6d02023-12-12T20:20:41ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Freshwater Ecology0270-50602156-69412023-07-0138110.1080/02705060.2023.2274349Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom communityShuyu Tong0Liwei Yang1Liyuan Wang2Ran Yang3Shiyue Chen4School of Geography, Geomatics & Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, ChinaSchool of Geography, Geomatics & Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, ChinaSchool of Geography, Geomatics & Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, ChinaSchool of Geography, Geomatics & Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, ChinaSchool of Geography, Geomatics & Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, ChinaAbstractThe Dongyu River is a national site for monitoring the inflow of Nansi Lake, located in the southwest of Shandong Province, China. Water quality has a significant impact on the safety of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. To investigate the water quality of Dongyu River and the estuary area of Nansi Lake, we collected water samples and surface sediments from Dongyu River and the estuary area in May 2019 and analysed the characteristics of the diatom communities and water quality. The results showed that 23026 diatom shells were identified at 15 sampling points in the study area, belonging to 161 species of 23 genera. The dominant diatom taxa were Cyclotella meneghiniana, Fragilaria fasciculata, Fragilaria ulna, Amphora libyca, and Cocconeis placentula. Redundancy analysis explained 43.2% of diatom change information. The Monte Carlo permutation test showed that NH4+-N and DO were significant environmental factors that affected diatom assembly, explaining 34.78% and 8.38% of the diatom variability, respectively. The results of the biological evaluation showed that the water quality of Dongyu River and the estuary area of Nansi Lake were in a light-medium pollution state. The RDA analysis of the diatom community and principal component analysis showed that the water quality of the middle and lower reaches of Dongyu River was poor. In general, the middle and lower reaches of Dongyu River are severely polluted by agricultural non-point sources and controlling the use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers and the emission of nitrogen-containing organic matter can preserve the aquatic water quality of Dongyu River and the water safety of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02705060.2023.2274349Biological evaluationredundant analysisdiatom community structureDongyu RiverNansi Lake
spellingShingle Shuyu Tong
Liwei Yang
Liyuan Wang
Ran Yang
Shiyue Chen
Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community
Journal of Freshwater Ecology
Biological evaluation
redundant analysis
diatom community structure
Dongyu River
Nansi Lake
title Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community
title_full Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community
title_fullStr Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community
title_full_unstemmed Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community
title_short Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community
title_sort water environment quality of dongyu river and estuary area of nansi lake shandong province china based on the characteristics of diatom community
topic Biological evaluation
redundant analysis
diatom community structure
Dongyu River
Nansi Lake
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02705060.2023.2274349
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