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David Tenenbaum

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Dissolved organic carbon leaching flux in a mixed agriculture and forest watershed in Rwanda

Författare

  • Fabien Rizinjirabake
  • Petter Pilesjö
  • David E. Tenenbaum

Summary, in English

Study region: Rukarara River Watershed (RRW), Rwanda. Study focus: DOC leaching has important environmental consequences for both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This paper measures leached dissolved organic carbon (LDOC) and the factors controlling its variation in the RRW, a mixed agriculture and forest watershed in Rwanda. The study describes the relationship of LDOC with land use/land cover (LULC), soil properties, rainfall characteristics, and stream DOC using linear regression and linear mixed effects models. New hydrological insights: The annual LDOC flux from topsoil to deeper soil horizons was 13.62 tonnes of carbon for the study area. This annual LDOC flux represents approximately 2% of the net primary productivity and 0.02% of the soil carbon stock. The plantation forest and natural forest sites showed higher LDOC fluxes than other LULC classes. Soil TOC, TN, rainfall intensity and amount positively affected LDOC flux (7 ≤ R2 ≤ 30%) in the RRW. Cation exchange capacity, runoff, and rainfall storage negatively affected the RRW (7 ≤ R2 ≤ 23%). LDOC flux explained 14% of the variation of stream DOC in the RRW. Our results imply that, under ongoing climate and LULC changes, an increase of the proportion of plantation forest and rainfall intensity throughout the watershed will increase LDOC flux, and will have a weak positive effect on stream DOC.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • Centrum för Mellanösternstudier (CMES)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publiceringsår

2019

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volym

26

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources

Nyckelord

  • Dissolved organic carbon
  • Land cover
  • Leaching
  • Linear models
  • Rainfall characteristics
  • Soil properties
  • Watershed

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2214-5818