Abstract

Starting from six regional climate change scenarios, nitrogen leaching from arable-soil, water discharge, and nitrogen retention was modeled in the Ronnea catchment. Additionally, biological response was modeled in the eutrophic Lake Ringsjon. The results are compared with similar studies on other catchments. All scenarios gave similar impact on water quality but varied in quantities. However, one scenario resulted in a different transport pattern due to less-pronounced seasonal variations in the hydrology. On average, the study shows that, in a future climate, we might expect: i) increased concentrations of nitrogen in the arable root zone (+50%) and in the river (+13%); ii) increased annual load of nitrogen from land to sea (+22%) due to more pronounced winter high flow; moreover, remote areas in the catchment may start to contribute to the outlet load; iii) radical changes in lake biochemistry with increased concentrations of total phosphorus (+50%), total nitrogen (+20%), and planktonic algae such as cyanobacteria (+80%)

Published in

AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
2005, Volume: 34, number: 7, pages: 559-566
Publisher: ROYAL SWEDISH ACAD SCIENCES

SLU Authors

• Johnsson, Holger

  • Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Persson, Kristian

  • Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

Eutrophication


UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science
Fish and Aquacultural Science
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1639/0044-7447(2005)034[0559:CCIOWQ]2.0.CO;2

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/22746