Effects of environmental factors on the river water quality on the Tibetan Plateau: a case study of the Xoirong River, China.
Environmental factors
Partial redundancy analysis
Scale effects
Structural equation modeling
Tibetan Plateau, China
Water quality
Journal
Environmental science and pollution research international
ISSN: 1614-7499
Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9441769
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
29
03
2023
accepted:
30
09
2023
medline:
15
11
2023
pubmed:
15
10
2023
entrez:
14
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Climate, topography, and landscape patterns affect river water quality through processes that influence non-point source pollution. However, little is known about the response of the water quality of rivers on China's Tibetan Plateau to these environmental factors. Based on the water quality parameters data of the Xoirong River on the Tibetan Plateau in western China, the redundancy analysis and variation partitioning analysis were adopted to determine the main influencing factors affecting river water quality and their spatial scale effects. The major water pollutants were further analyzed using the partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Another mountainous river with a similar latitude, the same stream order, and low anthropogenic disturbance in central China, the Jinshui River, was also selected for comparative discussion. The results indicated that the overall river water quality on the Tibetan Plateau was superior to that of the Jinshui River. At the catchment scale, the cumulative explanatory powers of the influencing factors of both rivers were greatest. Landscape composition and configuration were the determinant factors for the overall water quality of the two rivers, while the river on the Tibetan Plateau was also significantly affected by climatic and topographical factors. Regarding the main water quality issue, i.e., total nitrogen, agricultural production activities might be the main cause of the river on the Tibetan Plateau. This study unveiled that the river water quality on the Tibetan Plateau is sensitive to climate and topography through comparative studies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37837590
doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-30259-4
pii: 10.1007/s11356-023-30259-4
doi:
Substances chimiques
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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