Agricultural non-point nitrogen pollution control function of differentvegetation types in riparian wetlands: A case studyin the Yellow River wetland in China
ZHAO Tongqian , XU Huashan , HE Yuxiao , TAI Chao , MENG Hongqi , ZENG Fanfu , XING Menglin
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Received August 04, 2008,Revised December 02, 2008, Accepted , Available online
Volume 21,2009,Pages 933-939
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Riparian wetland is the major transition zone of matter, energy and information transfer between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
and has important functions of water purification and non-point pollution control. Using the field experiment method and an isotope
tracing technique, the agricultural non-point nitrogen pollution control function of di erent vegetation types in riparian wetland was
studied in the Kouma Section of the Yellow River. The results showed that the retention of agricultural non-point nitrogen pollution
by riparian wetland soil occurs mainly in top 0–10 cm layer. The amount of nitrogen retained by surface soils associated with three
types of vegetation are 0.045 mg/g for Phragmites communis Trin Linn, 0.036 mg/g for Scirpus triqueter Linn, and 0.032 mg/g for
Typha angustifolia Linn, which account for 59.21%, 56.25%, and 56.14% of the total nitrogen interception, respectively. Exogenous
nitrogen in 0–10 cm soil layer changes more quickly than in other layers. One month after adding K15NO3 to the tested vegetation,
nitrogen content was 77.78% for P. communis Trin, 68.75% for T. angustifolia, and 8.33% for S. triqueter in the surface soil. After three
months, nitrogen content was 93.33% for P. communis Trin, 72.22% for S. triqueter, and 37.50% for T. Angustifolia. There are large
di erences among vegetation communities respecting to purification of agricultural non-point nitrogen pollution. The nitrogen uptake
amount decreases in the sequence: new shoots of P. communis Trin (9.731 mg/g) > old P. communis Trin (4.939 mg/g) > S. triqueter
(0.620 mg/g) > T. angustifolia (0.186 mg/g). Observations indicated that the presence of riparian wetlands as bu ers on and adjacent
to stream banks could be recommended to control agricultural non-point pollution.
