Mobility of Sediment and Phosphorus in a Small Stream During Artificial Flood Wave

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-025-00744-8" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-025-00744-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40710-025-00744-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40710-025-00744-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mobility of Sediment and Phosphorus in a Small Stream During Artificial Flood Wave

Original language description

This study investigates the dynamics of sediment and phosphorus transport in small streams affected by recurrent flood waves. The experiments were carried out in two streams with contrasting conditions: one in an agricultural headwater section, which serves as a sediment source, and the other in a mid-water section influenced by fish ponds. High-frequency data on suspended sediment and phosphorus concentrations were collected during several flood waves to assess how floods affect the transport regime, including the role of small reservoirs. The results showed that even initially clear water can mobilize significant amounts of sediment from the riverbed when discharge increases. Sediment mobilization was strongest at the beginning of the flood wave, with concentrations peaking early and then decreasing. Successive floods without additional sediment input led to a decrease in sediment concentrations, as the stream had already flushed out the available sediments.Hysteresis loops showed that most of the sediment transport occurred during the rising part of the flood wave, indicating that the sediment originated from the nearby streambed areas. Phosphorus was mobilized simultaneously with the sediment, and an almost linear relationship was observed between sediment concentration and total phosphorus (r = 0.979, p < 0.0001). However, only a fraction of the phosphorus was dissolved, so most of the phosphorus was bound to the sediment particles. Soluble reactive phosphorus showed a weaker correlation with sediment concentration (r = 0.272, p = 0.047). This shows how important it is to consider both sediment dynamics and phosphorus mobilization in event-based flood models.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10501 - Hydrology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental Processes

ISSN

2198-7491

e-ISSN

2198-7505

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001401724300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85218181001