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Dissolved organic carbon concentrations and fluxes in forest catchments and streams: DOC-3 model

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  • Jutras, Marie-France
  • Nasr, Mina
  • Castonguay, Mark
  • Pit, Christopher
  • Pomeroy, Joseph H.
  • Smith, Todd P.
  • Zhang, Cheng-fu
  • Ritchie, Charles D.
  • Meng, Fan-Rui
  • Clair, Thomas A.
  • Arp, Paul A.

Abstract

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in south-western Nova Scotia streams, sampled at weekly to biweekly intervals, varied across streams from about 3 to 40mgL−1, being highest mid-summer to fall, and lowest during winter to spring. A 3-parameter model (DOC-3) was proposed to project daily stream DOC concentrations and fluxes from modelled estimates for daily soil temperature and moisture, year-round, and in relation to basin size and wetness. The parameters of this model refer to (i) a basin-specific DOC release parameter “kDOC”, related to the wet- and open-water area percentages per basin, (ii) the lag time “τ” between DOC production and subsequent stream DOC emergence, related to the catchment area above the stream sampling location; and (iii) the activation energy “Ea”, to deal with the temperature effect on DOC production. This model was calibrated with the 1988–2006 DOC concentration data from three streams (Pine Marten, Moosepit Brook, and the Mersey River sampled at or near Kejimkujik National Park, or KNP), and was used to interpret the biweekly 1999–2003 DOC concentrations data (stream, ground and lake water, soil lysimeters) of the Pockwock–Bowater Watershed Project near Halifax, Nova Scotia. The data and the model revealed that the DOC concentrations within the streams were not correlated to the DOC concentrations within the soil- and groundwater, but were predictable based on (i) the hydrologically inferred weather-induced changes in soil moisture and temperature next to each stream, and (ii) the topographically inferred basin area and wet- and open-water area percentages associated with each stream (R2=0.53; RMSE=3.5mgL−1). Model-predicted fluxes accounted 74% of the hydrometrically determined DOC exports at KNP.

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  • Jutras, Marie-France & Nasr, Mina & Castonguay, Mark & Pit, Christopher & Pomeroy, Joseph H. & Smith, Todd P. & Zhang, Cheng-fu & Ritchie, Charles D. & Meng, Fan-Rui & Clair, Thomas A. & Arp, Paul A., 2011. "Dissolved organic carbon concentrations and fluxes in forest catchments and streams: DOC-3 model," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 222(14), pages 2291-2313.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:222:y:2011:i:14:p:2291-2313
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.035
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