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Distribution characteristics of nutrients in the Changjiang River Estuary under the watershed extreme drought in July 2023
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Qingying Li1, Ailin Yao1, Xintong Jiang1, Yue Ming2, Mengyu Wang1, Lixin Zhu1, Xianye Wang1, Lei Gao1, *
Haiyang Xuebao | 2025, 47(1) : 36 - 50
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Distribution characteristics of nutrients in the Changjiang River Estuary under the watershed extreme drought in July 2023
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Qingying Li1, Ailin Yao1, Xintong Jiang1, Yue Ming2, Mengyu Wang1, Lixin Zhu1, Xianye Wang1, Lei Gao1, *
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
  • 2. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Restoration, National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116023, China
Published: 2025-01-31 doi: 10.12284/hyxb2025036
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The freshwater discharges of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River into the sea largely control the extension range of the Changjiang Diluted Water in the estuary and the inherent biogeochemical behaviors of biogenic elements. In July 2023, a summer drought event occurred in the Changjiang River basin, with extremely lower river discharge. In order to study the distribution characteristics of nutrients in the Changjiang River Estuary in response to this drought, samples were collected from 32 stations in the Changjiang River Estuary that month, and the results were further compared with those obtained before and after the arrivals of the Changjiang River watershed floods occurring in the summers of 2016 and 2020. Under the drought condition in July 2023, the estuarine mixing area of freshwater and seawater greatly shrank, and the time and space for the occurrences of non-conservative processes of ${{\rm {NO}}_3^-} $-N and ${{\rm {SiO}}_3^{2-}} $-Si were largely restricted, resulting in that these two nutrients being more conservative compared to those in the flood seasons of 2016 and 2020. At the same time, since the surface seawaters with low-to-medium salinity values (<25) under the drought condition were confined to areas with shallower water depths, ${{\rm {PO}}_4^{3-}} $-P released through sediment resuspension from the bottom was more easily transported to the surface, and the ${{\rm {PO}}_4^{3-}} $-P concentrations at surface increased and displayed a “source” mode. As the salinity continued to increase, the impact of the “sink” mode owing to surface phytoplankton assimilation gradually became dominant. In addition, with the increasing water depths, the ${{\rm {PO}}_4^{3-}} $-P released via bottom sediment resuspension could not penetrate into the surface layer anymore. The combined effect of the above two processes led to a rapid decrease in ${{\rm {PO}}_4^{3-}} $-P concentrations at surface when salinity was higher than 25. Thus in July 2023, the surface ${{\rm {PO}}_4^{3-}} $-P concentrations showed a special “concave” trend. This study enriches and deepens our understanding on the response and feedback mechanisms of biogeochemical processes in the Changjiang River Estuary, to the large inter-annual variability in the Changjiang River discharges. This study also helps to further answer those key scientific questions regarding the triggering mechanism of algal blooms in the Changjiang River Estuary, a typical ${{\rm {PO}}_4^{3-}} $-P-limited large-river estuary in the world.

nutrient  /  flood season  /  drought  /  biogeochemistry  /  non-conservative behaviors  /  Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary
Qingying Li, Ailin Yao, Xintong Jiang, Yue Ming, Mengyu Wang, Lixin Zhu, Xianye Wang, Lei Gao. Distribution characteristics of nutrients in the Changjiang River Estuary under the watershed extreme drought in July 2023[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2025 , 47 (1) : 36 -50 . DOI: 10.12284/hyxb2025036
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doi: 10.12284/hyxb2025036
  • Receive Date：2024-07-26
  • Online Date：2025-11-10
  • Published：2025-01-31
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  • Received：2024-07-26
  • Revised：2025-01-02
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    1. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
    2. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Restoration, National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116023, China
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