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Isotopic evidence for impacts of urbanization on active nitrogen turnover in the Dongjiang River Basin
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Jing WEN, Bang-jie HUANG, Huai-yang FANG, Xiu-qin TAN, Chen-long WU, Zhi-wei HUANG, Zong-yao ZHANG, Shu LIN, Hong-wei DU*
China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(5) : 2757 - 2766
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China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(5): 2757-2766
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Isotopic evidence for impacts of urbanization on active nitrogen turnover in the Dongjiang River Basin
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Jing WEN, Bang-jie HUANG, Huai-yang FANG, Xiu-qin TAN, Chen-long WU, Zhi-wei HUANG, Zong-yao ZHANG, Shu LIN, Hong-wei DU*
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  • Guangdong Key Laboratory of Water and Air Pollution Control, National Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, South China Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510535, China
Published: 2025-05-20
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The Dongjiang River Basin was chosen as the study area to compare the nitrogen concentrations and isotopes in the river with different land uses, so as to provide a better understanding and evidence for impacts of urbanization on active nitrogen turnover. In this study, the distinct characteristics of nitrogen concentrations and isotopes were found in urbanized rivers compared to rivers with other land uses. Firstly, the nitrogen concentrations in urbanized rivers were gradually increased due to urbanization and nitrate has become a main nitrogen speciation. Secondly, based on the isotope Rayleigh fractionation model, it was found that the nitrification potential in urbanized river channels was enhanced and about 25.8% of nitrate nitrogen came from nitrification in situ. In addition, a positive correlation between ln(NO3--N)and δ15N-NO3- was recorded in urbanized rivers. Moreover, Δδ15N/Δδ18O in the dry and wet seasons were –2 and -6, respectively, indicating that the denitrification potential was weakened to provide evidence for nitrate accumulation in urbanized river channels. Likewise, a weak correlation between δ15N-PN and δ15N-NH4+ was also recorded in urbanized rivers, and the 15N enrichment factor of nitrate assimilation also differed from the theoretical value, indicating a weak assimilation of ammonia and nitrate nitrogen. Finally, more input pathways and less sink processes of nitrogen in urbanized rivers have become a key mechanism for elevated riverine nitrogen concentrations in the lower reaches of Dongjiang river.

the urbanized river  /  nitrogen load  /  nitrogen transformation  /  nitrogen isotope
Jing WEN, Bang-jie HUANG, Huai-yang FANG, Xiu-qin TAN, Chen-long WU, Zhi-wei HUANG, Zong-yao ZHANG, Shu LIN, Hong-wei DU. Isotopic evidence for impacts of urbanization on active nitrogen turnover in the Dongjiang River Basin[J]. China Environmental Science, 2025 , 45 (5) : 2757 -2766 .
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  • Receive Date:2024-10-28
  • Online Date:2026-03-18
  • Published:2025-05-20
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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