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Impact of Land Use/Land Cover and Landscape Pattern on Water Quality in Dianchi Lake Basin, Southwest of China

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  • Zhuoya Zhang

    (College of Geography and Eco-Tourism, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
    Ecological Civilization Research Center of Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China)

  • Jiaxi Li

    (Ecological Civilization Research Center of Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China)

  • Zheneng Hu

    (School of Economics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China)

  • Wanxiong Zhang

    (Ecological Civilization Research Center of Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China)

  • Hailong Ge

    (Ecological Civilization Research Center of Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China)

  • Xiaona Li

    (College of Geography and Eco-Tourism, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
    Ecological Civilization Research Center of Southwest China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China)

Abstract

The water quality of a basin is pronouncedly affected by the surrounding types of land use. Analyzing the impact of LULC and landscape patterns on water quality is critical for identifying potential drivers. To further study how LUCC affects the water quality in a typical plateau lake basin, this study investigated the impacts of land-use types on water quality in the Dianchi Lake Basin in Southwest China. We analyzed changes in land-use types and the landscape pattern of the Dianchi basin, calculated the CWQI (Canadian Water Quality Index) value based on the water quality indexes (PH, total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), chemical oxygen demand (COD), dissolved oxygen (DO), permanganate index (COD Mn ), five-day biochemical ox-ygen demand (BOD 5 ), ammonia nitrogen (NH 3 -N), turbitidy, and chlorophyll-a (Chla)), used the RDA (Redundancy Analysis) and SMLR (Stepwise multiple linear regression) methods, the coupling degree, coupling coordination degree, and the geographical detector model to explore the relationship between water quality and changes in the land-use type. The results show that (1) changes in the land-use types were obvious: the majority of the land, which was originally forest land, became built land in 2020 and farmland in 1990 (except for the Dianchi water). Landscape pattern indexes indicated that almost all land-use types were first scattered, then gathered from 1990 to 2020. (2) Changes in the water quality of Dianchi Lake lagged behind the changes in land-use types, and the variation trends were similar to the landscape pattern variation trends. The CWQI value decreased in a nearly linear fashion from 1990 to 1998, exhibited a slight change from 1999 to 2013, and quickly increased from 2013. (3) Land-use types demonstrated a tight correlation with the Dianchi water quality, and LPI was the most dominant factor in both Caohai Lake and Waihai Lake. (4) There were different indexes affecting the coupling coordination degrees of Caohai Lake and Waihai Lake.

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  • Zhuoya Zhang & Jiaxi Li & Zheneng Hu & Wanxiong Zhang & Hailong Ge & Xiaona Li, 2023. "Impact of Land Use/Land Cover and Landscape Pattern on Water Quality in Dianchi Lake Basin, Southwest of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:4:p:3145-:d:1062566
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