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KMID : 1024520120210101171
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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2012 Volume.21 No. 10 p.1171 ~ p.1179
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Flux of Dissolved Organic and Inorganic Constituents in Forested Headwater Streams
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Choi Byoung-Koo
Mangum Clay N
Hatten Jeffery A
Dewey Janet C
Ouyang Ying
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Abstract
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Headwaters initiate material export to downstream environments. A nested headwater study examined the flux of
dissolved constituents and water from a perennial stream and four ephemeral/intermittent streams in the Upper Gulf
Coastal Plain of Mississippi. Water was collected during storm and baseflow conditions. Multiple linear regression was
used to model constituent concentration and calculate flux. Event was the major source of water discharged from the
ephemeral and intermittent streams however, baseflow was the major source for water discharged by the perennial stream
during events. The perennial stream had an area weighted average yields of 10.1, 0.01, 1.03, 0.65 kg/ha/yr of DON
(dissolved organic nitrogen), NO3--N, NH4+-N and PO4-3, respectively while large variabilities existed between the
ephemeral and intermittent streams. These findings highlight the importance of headwaters in protecting the low order
drainage basins as a key to water quality within perennial streams.
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KEYWORD
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Headwaters, Flux, Hydrologic event, Hydrogeochemistry, Nutrients, Water quality
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