Increasing land pressure in East Africa: The changing role of cassava and consequences for sustainability of farming systems

Increasing land pressure during the past three to four decades has transformed farming systems in the mid-altitude zone of East Africa. Traditional millet-, cotton-, sugarcane- and/or banana-based farming systems with an important fallow and/or grazing component have evolved into continuously cultivated cassava or cassava/maize-based systems. Within three to four decades, cassava cultivation increased from 1–11 to 16–55% of cropped fields in our six study sites. Declining soil fertility, and not labour or food shortage, was apparently the primary trigger for this transformation. The land use changes have increased nutrient offtakes and reduced nutrient recycling rates. Cassava and maize now account for 50–90% of nutrient removal. Whereas single-season fallows were the most important source of nutrient recycling on cropped fields in the past, currently cassava litterfall and maize stover contribute roughly 70% of nutrient recycling, with 50–70% of N, P and K recycled in cassava litterfall. This may explain why many farmers reason that cassava ‘rests’ the soil. With increasing land use pressure farmers progressively use cassava as an ‘imitation fallow’ throughout their farm. Farmers increasingly target cassava to poor fertility fields characterized by low pH and available P. High cassava intensities are nonetheless maintained on more fertile fields, probably to guarantee regeneration of soil fertility on all fields. Once cassava is targeted to poor fertility soils, farmers have run out of low-input management options and need to intensify management to maintain system productivity. As cassava is now used by more farmers and on a larger acreage than fallowing in the studied farming systems, cassava cropping could perhaps serve as an excellent entry point to strengthen system sustainability.     

西南喀斯特流域泥沙来源、输移、平衡的思考——基于坡地土壤与洼地、塘库沉积物~(137)Cs含量的对比

汇总了西南喀斯特地区坡地土壤和洼地、塘库沉积泥沙的~(137)Cs比活度资料,并进行了对比,分析流域泥沙来源。坡地地面流失轻微的,汇水面积小于0.5 km~2的微小流域,流域产沙主要源于地下流失(裂隙土)和沟岸侵蚀(沟壁土);坡地地面流失强烈的,主要源于坡地地面流失(坡地表层土壤)。地下流失和沟岸侵蚀是小流域和较大流域的主要产沙方式,且有随着流域面积增大,产沙贡献率越高的趋势。由于裂隙土和沟壁土都基本不含~(137)Cs,~(137)Cs单一示踪法不能区分这两种源地土体的产沙贡献率。建议采用多元示踪法,研究流域的泥沙来源。区分裂隙土和沟壁土的产沙贡献率,可考虑尝试磁性法和孢粉法。通过沉积物~(137)Cs断代等方法确定洼地、河流滩地和塘库泥沙淤积量,结合径流小区和水文站输沙量资料,分析不同类型洼地、河流滩地和塘库的泥沙截留率,分析河流泥沙输移比。在查明泥沙来源,泥沙输移比和输沙量(或产沙量)的基础上,确定流域泥沙平衡,结合径流研究成果,建立喀斯特流域产沙模型。     

喀斯特坡地土壤流失监测结果简报

在贵州普定岩溶地质与生态研究综合试验站陈旗小流域内,采用全坡面大型径流场的方法,对6种不同土地利用条件下喀斯特坡地径流场次降雨地表径流量和土壤流失进行了监测。2007年7月到2008年12月期间的监测结果表明:6个径流场土壤流失量均非常小,年土壤流失量和年悬沙产沙量变化范围分别为0.05~62.25 t/km2和0.03~8.68 t/km2,最大的为中度石漠化的稀疏灌丛径流场。喀斯特坡地土壤流失集中发生在降雨量超过60mm的降雨事件中,不同类型坡地间次降雨土壤流失量差异显著,最主要控制因素为地表径流量,同时也受到降雨特征和植被状况的影响。此外,前期降雨对坡地产流和土壤流失的影响也是客观存在的。前期降雨丰沛的条件下,坡耕地、稀疏灌丛径流场的地表径流量、次降雨土壤流失量相对复合植被、火烧迹地、灌草和幼林径流场均出现明显增长。     

贵州坡耕地水土保持措施效益研究

对旱坡地水土保持的截流沟措施、横坡种植措施和植物篱措施进行效益研究,结果表明:在裸露耕地上,水土流失十分严重,地表径流达到4 044.4m³/hm²·a、土壤流失高达172.4t/hm²·a,以此速率流失土壤,其耕层(15cm)约在12年后,将被冲刷殆尽。截流沟措施与横坡种植措施相比,可减少地表径流702.6m³ /hm²·a和土壤流失19.2t/hm²·a;但其占地面积大,农作物产量低,收益小。植物篱种植措施与横坡种植相比可减少地表径流345.3m³/hm²·a;土壤流失21.0t/hm²·a。虽然植物篱占据耕地面积,但并不影响农作物产量。植物篱种植下的耕层土壤的酸碱度和质地得到改善,土壤养分含量有所提高,土壤侵蚀速率远低于易风化土壤的成土速率,同时结合人工翻耕,每年平均以17.5cm的速度形成梯坎,以1.1°的速度减缓坡度。该项措施最终可实现坡改梯的目的,实现旱坡地的可持续利用。     

基于MMF模型估算植被与降雨变化对水沙的影响——以延河流域为例

为研究近年来植被对黄河各支流来水来沙锐减的贡献,选择植被变化极为显著的延河流域为研究区域,定量化估算植被的减水减沙效益。论文利用Landsat系列遥感影像数据,以及流域的气象水文资料,基于Morgan-Duzant版Morgan-Morgan-Finney(MMF)模型估算流域的径流量与输沙量,分析各植被因子与径流量、输沙量的相关性,并利用相邻时期的植被降雨数据进行情景模拟,以此估算植被与降雨对流域水沙的影响。结果表明:1MMF模型能较好地模拟流域年径流量,输沙量次之;2植被因子与径流量、输沙量空间分布格局上相关性不明显,径流量与间接植被因子(截留率、林下降雨侵蚀力和坡面沉积率)相关性较高,而输沙量与植被覆盖度相关性较高;3植被与降雨的情景模拟表明2000、2006年的植被较前一相邻时期有所改善,使得径流量分别较前期减少45.88%、25.74%,输沙量减少12.10%、27.57%。     

Testing the Norwegian phosphorus index at the field and subcatchment scale

Simple risk assessment tools for agricultural phosphorus (P) losses, like the P index, have been developed in the U.S.A. and in some European countries. Despite its popularity, there have been surprisingly few studies, which try to test the index close to the field scale. For Norway, the P index approach comprises the risk related to both the source of P (soil P status, amount of fertilizer and manure as well as method of application, plant P release by freezing and P balance) and the risk related to transport of P (erosion, flooding, surface runoff, contributing distance, modified connectivity, soil profile, subsurface drainage). In this paper, we have applied the Norwegian P index to farmer fields within a small agricultural catchment, the Skuterud catchment (450 ha), in southeastern Norway. The Norwegian P index was tested for two agricultural fields (0.3–0.4 ha) and nine subcatchments (6–65 ha). Total P concentrations in runoff from the 11 study areas were measured during the year from May 2001 to April 2002. Results from the testing showed that the Norwegian P index described 66% of the variation in measured relative total P concentration for fields and subcatchments included in this study. Additionally, the P index was able to detect fields and subcatchments with the highest measured P concentrations. Results also showed that the source factor contributed most to the variation between fields and hence were important for the identification of high-risk areas in Skuterud catchment. It was found that the soil P status described 66% of the variation in the source factor. Among the transport variables, it was found that both erosion risk and contributing distance had an important influence on the transport factor. Overall, the study illustrated the potential of the P index to detect areas with the highest risk of P loss.     

密云水库上游石匣小流域水土流失综合治理措施研究

坡面处理措施及土地利用方式是控制水土流失最重要的影响因素,通过合适的坡面措施与合理的土地利用方式可以有效地抑制土壤侵蚀,保护土地资源,改善生态坏境。论文通过对石匣小流域不同处理的径流试验小区的实测资料分析,研究了坡面综合水土保持措施对水土流失的影响。研究表明,与坡耕地、开荒地相比,梯田和水平条可以有效地拦蓄地面径流,控制水土流失,减沙率可达64.83%~91.81%,并且阴坡上的水平条的蓄水保土作用好于阳坡,有土埂的大水平条的减水拦沙效率好于无土埂的水平条;综合水保措施的水土保持效益更高,对径流量的拦蓄率高达96.21%~99.38%,并且进行综合措施处理的坡面的土壤侵蚀模数都小于水利部发布的北方土石山区允许土壤流失量200t/km².a;对坡面的自然封禁能够有效地控制坡面水土流失;同时由于综合水保措施很大程度上改变了原有的地形,坡度对水土流失的影响不明显。     

澄江尖山河小流域不同土地利用类型地表径流氮、磷的流失特征

根据径流小区观测, 对澄江尖山河小流域不同土地利用类型地表径流中氮、磷的流失特征进行了研究. 结果表明:灌草丛和次生林都有较好的调节径流和减少土壤流失的作用,在相同的降水量下,坡耕地总产流量分别是人工林、次生林、灌草丛的1.58,12.45和5.52倍;而从产沙量来看,坡耕地的产沙量也远大于其余几种土地利用类型,坡耕地的总产沙量分别是人工林、次生林和灌草丛的8.41,53.06和41.90倍. 不同土地利用类型径流中的总氮、总磷的输出量差异显著,总氮、总磷输出趋势都表现为坡耕地＞人工林＞灌草丛＞次生林;不同土地利用类型径流小区侵蚀泥沙中的总氮、总磷输出量同样为坡耕地＞人工林＞灌草丛＞次生林,且坡耕地的输出量远大于其余几种土地利用类型. 相关分析表明,径流中带走的总氮量大于泥沙,磷的输出主要是以泥沙结合态为主,泥沙是磷的主要载体.      

Sediment and nutrient dynamics during snowmelt runoff generation in a southern Taiga catchment of Russia

The water quality of the Volga catchment, Russia, is diminished and major nutrients reach critical levels. Proper management strategies depend on process knowledge about nutrient sources and pathways as well as appropriate models. For the 18.8 km² experimental catchment Lubazhinkha, 100 km south of Moscow, a monitoring scheme was conducted to identify runoff generation and nutrient source areas. The grey forest soils of the catchment are utilized with arable land and pasture (54%) and forest areas. The received results show a high intra-annual and inter-annual dynamic of the snowmelt runoff generation as major hydrological process. Overall sediment export rates during the 3 years of snowmelt investigation from 2003 to 2005 are low with a maximum of 0.33 t ha⁻¹ during snowmelt period 2005 and effectively reduced by a dam at the catchment outlet. Also, the total phosphorus loss from the catchment is low reaching from 0.03 to 0.35 kg ha⁻¹ during the snowmelt periods. However, sediment and total phosphorus concentrations vary within one snowmelt event and can reach high concentrations. Detailed analysis of element concentrations during snowmelt events allows an identification of different flow components and runoff generating mechanisms. During low flow situations phosphorus and dissolved organic carbon are transferred from the arable soils with slow flow components to the channel. In contrast to this situation, the sources of sediment and nutrients split up temporarily and spatially during high flow situations. Aside arable fields that are source of sediment and phosphorus during snowmelt episodes, the forested areas were detected as major source for the export of dissolved organic carbon with surface runoff. In particular these areas are characterized by a late thawing of the topsoil which causes a delayed peak of dissolved organic carbon concentration. The awareness of the dynamic and complex catchment reaction during snowmelt events is of importance for the development of proper management strategies.     

Impact of land clearing methods and cropping systems on labile soil C and N pools in the humid zone Forest of Nigeria

Labile soil C and N play vital roles in soil–plant nutrient dynamics, especially in the low input cropping system and are vulnerable to perturbation. Surface (0–0.15 m) soils from three land clearing methods (slash and burn, bulldozed non-windrowed and bulldozed windrowed) and each with two cropping systems (5-and 4-year cropping/2-year cassava fallow) were collected in the humid forest ecosystem of Nigeria.The soils were analysed for total C and N, microbial biomass C and N (SMB C and N), particulate organic matter C and N (POM C and N), water-soluble C, potentially mineralizable N (PMN) and mineral N. The size of the labile C and N and their relative contributions to the organic C and total N differed significantly among land clearing methods, irrespective of the cropping system. Soils under slash and burn had a significantly (p > 0.05) higher particulate organic matter C, N (10.80 and 0.16 g kg⁻¹, respectively) and microbial biomass C and N (1.07 and 0.12 g kg⁻¹) compared to the bulldozed windrow, regardless of the cropping system. Four years cropping/2-year cassava fallow resulted in a significant higher labile C and N, relative to 5-year cropped plots across the land clearing methods. Effect of the treatments on the concentration of PMN and mineral N mirrored the SMB N and POM N. However, the quantity of most of the labile C and N pool and crop yield obtained from the slash and burn and bulldozed non-windrowed treatment did not differ significantly. Hence, bulldozed non-windrowed clearing could be a viable alternative to slash and burn in the case of large-scale farming in ensuring reduced losses of soil organic matter and nutrient during land clearing in the humid tropics.     

Does Tephrosia candida as fallow species, hedgerow or mulch improve nutrient cycling and prevent nutrient losses by erosion on slopes in northern Viet Nam?

Agroforestry is considered to be a promising alternative to short-fallow shifting cultivation or other monocropping systems. An on-farm experiment was established in 1996 in northern Viet Nam to examine the contribution of the leguminous bush Tephrosia candida (Roxb.) D.C. as a fallow or hedgerow species and as a mulch producer to improve nutrient cycling and prevent nutrient losses by erosion. The systems tested were upland rice monocropping (Mono), natural fallow (NaFa), fallow of Tephrosia (TepFa), hedgerow intercropping with upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) and internal mulching using pruned Tephrosia biomass (TepAl), and upland rice with external mulching using Tephrosia biomass (TepMu). Over two cropping seasons, from April 1996 to April 1998, nutrients recycled and inputs and exports were recorded, as well as changes in C-, N- and P-pools, and in pH in the 0–5 cm topsoil layer.The Tephrosia systems (TepFa, TepAl, TepMu) prevented nutrient losses by erosion effectively. Compared to the NaFa system, the TepFa system accumulated 34% more N in the above-ground plant parts and increased topsoil N by 20%, probably due to N-fixation. There was a trend that the less labile P-pools (NaOH-P) were reallocated into the more labile P-pools (Bicarb-P) in the soil of the TepFa system. Burning released significant amounts of the inorganic P-pools in both the NaFa and TepFa systems and this effect seemed to be more pronounced in the TepFa than in the NaFa. Organic input to crop export ratios for N and P were >1 in the TepAl and TepMu treatments. This was due to a sufficient quantity and quality of the Tephrosia mulching material. However, moderately labile NaOH-extractable organic P seemed to be depleted in the topsoil due to high P uptake in the TepMu treatment. Thus, nutrient cycling and nutrient balances were improved under the Tephrosia systems. But for long-term P sustainability, there is a belief that a combined use of mulching and mineral P fertiliser is needed.     

澜沧江流域云南段土地利用及其变化对土壤侵蚀的影响

采用GIS空间分析与传统统计分析相结合的方法,通过在ARCGIS 8.1的GRID模块中,对澜沧江流域南段土地的栅格(GRID)图进行地图代数运算,形成具有复合数据的新GRID数据表;对新生成GRID属性表的数据进行统计计算,获得研究时段内不同空间范围的土地利用转移矩阵数据及各类用地上的土壤侵蚀数据;通过土壤侵蚀综合指数(INDEX)的计算,反映了不同区域、不同土地利用类型上的土壤侵蚀程度及其变化.研究结果表明,耕地、其它林地、低覆盖度草地上土壤受侵蚀的可能性较其它用地类型大;耕地、中覆盖度草地、水域的土壤侵蚀强度较其它用地类型大;土地利用变化对土壤侵蚀变化的影响在澜沧江中游和下游区域表现较为明显,而在上游区域不明显;上游区域土壤侵蚀的主导因素不是土地利用及其变化,而是地形、气候等其它因素.     

Developing interactive land use scenarios on the Loess Plateau in China,presenting risk analyses and economic impacts

This study aimed to present a risk analysis of the effects of different land use scenarios on reducing soil and water losses, using a physically based hydrological and soil erosion model. We quantified the effect of various land use scenarios on the expected rate of discharge and sediment loss during a single rain event in a small agricultural watershed on the Loess Plateau in China, using the geometric mean and stochastic distributions of measured field saturated conductivity (K_s) values. Land use scenarios were based upon physical, economic and agricultural interests, and effects on farmers’ incomes were evaluated using empirically derived equations. A physically based hydrological and soil erosion model was used to quantify the effects of land use on discharge and soil loss. Using geometric mean values of K_s as the model input resulted in higher values for runoff coefficients and total soil loss compared with the use of stochastic K_s values. The use of stochastic K_s-distributions resulted in a range of model outcomes reflecting the effect of spatial heterogeneity on simulated discharge and soil loss. The conservation-driven scenario was most effective in reducing water and sediment losses by runoff and erosion, followed by the soil-driven scenario and the agriculture-driven land use scenario. Only the agriculture-driven scenario resulted in a small increase in household income, while a serious loss of income is predicted for the other scenarios. The use of variability of parameters and a Monte Carlo analyses allows statistical analyses and comparison of computed results for alternative land use scenarios, and leads to a more balanced judgement.     

Managing erosion and water quality in agricultural watersheds by small detention ponds

Terrace-contouring systems with on-site water detention cannot be installed in areas of complex topography, small parceling and multi-blade moldboard plow use. However, field borders at the downslope end may be raised at the deepest part where runoff overtops to create detention ponds, which can be drained by subsurface tile outlets and act similar to terrace-contouring systems. Four of such detention ponds were monitored over 8 years. Monitored effects included the prevention of linear erosion down slope, the sediment trapping from upslope, the enrichment of major nutrients in the trapped and delivered sediments, the amount of runoff retained temporarily, the amount of runoff reduced by infiltration, the decrease in peak runoff rate and the decrease in peak concentrations of agrochemicals due to the mixing of different volumes of water within the detention ponds. The detention ponds had a volume of 30–260 m³ ha⁻¹ and trapped 54–85% of the incoming sediment, which was insignificantly to slightly depleted (5–25%) in organic carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen and clay as compared to the eroding topsoil, while the delivered sediment was strongly enriched (+70–270%) but part of this enrichment already resulted from the enrichment of soil loss. The detention ponds temporarily stored 200–500 m³ of runoff. A failure was never experienced. Due to the siltation of the pond bottom, the short filled time (1–5 days) and the small water covered area, infiltration and evaporation reduced runoff by less than 10% for large events. Peak runoff during heavy rains was lowered by a factor of three. Peak concentrations of agrochemicals (Terbutylazin) were lowered by a factor of two. The detention ponds created by raising the downslope field borders at the pour point efficiently reduced adverse erosion effects downslope the eroding site. They are cheap and can easily be created with on-farm machinery. Their efficiency is improved where they are combined with an on-site erosion control like mulch tillage because sediment and runoff input are reduced. Ponds had to be dredged only after the first year when on-site erosion control was not fully effective.     

Runoff and soil erosion in arable Britain: changes in perception and policy since 1945

The realisation that runoff and soil erosion was a problem came late to Britain and policies to tackle the problem have evolved slowly and may well have a taken a different route to that in other countries. The perception of soil erosion and runoff in Britain by three interest groups (researchers, policy makers and farmers) has changed over time since the 1940s. Prior to 1970 none of the groups considered erosion and runoff were problems. From then to 1985 researchers found that erosion was widespread. Between 1985 and 2005 researchers not only confirmed that erosion was a problem, but that runoff and its impacts (muddy floods and pollution of water courses by sediment, phosphate and pesticides) were also problems. These widespread and costly economic and environmental impacts led policy makers to tackle the problems of erosion and runoff. From 2005 farmers have had to keep their land in ‘Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition’ by, amongst other things, attempting to curtail erosion and runoff, to comply with regulation in order to receive subsidy. Policy change was also stimulated by changes in the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and the passing by the EU of the ‘Water Framework Directive’. Policy, if it is to be evidence based, will always lag behind research. There is a continuing need for field-based monitoring to assess if regulation is working, to ensure compliance, and as a basis for future policy.     

黄土高原丘陵沟壑区土壤侵蚀遥感定量与信息系统研究——以陕西米脂县为例

本文在调查了米脂县土壤侵蚀现状和土地利用现状的基础上,对目前由于不合理的土地利用结构和耕作方式而造成人为加速侵蚀的问题作了分析,并认为土壤侵蚀是制约黄土高原丘陵沟壑区农业经济发展的根本原因。构成黄土高原丘陵沟壑区的基本地貌组合单元是小流域,它几乎包括了该区域的所有土地类型、地貌要素以及土壤侵蚀类型。因此以小流域为侵蚀系统的研究边界,分别对峁边线以上的面蚀、细沟侵蚀区和峁边线以下的沟蚀、重力侵蚀区进行土壤侵蚀的遥感定量分析,建立相应的侵蚀定量模型。在此基础上,探讨了为土壤侵蚀动态监测、水土保持和土地资源合理利用决策服务的土壤侵蚀信息系统的设计思想。该系统以小流域为基本设计单元,侵蚀定量模型为专业接口,重点考虑了系统的地学分析和专业数学模型的建立与应用功能。     

Rotation effects of grain legumes and fallow on maize yield,microbial biomass and chemical properties of an Alfisol in the Nigerian savanna

Understanding changes in soil chemical and biological properties is important in explaining the mechanism involved in the yield increases of cereals following legumes in rotation. Field trials were conducted between 2003 and 2005 to compare the effect of six 2-year rotations involving two genotypes each of cowpea (IT 96D-724 and SAMPEA-7) and soybean (TGx 1448-2E and SAMSOY-2), a natural bush fallow and maize on soil microbial and chemical properties and yield of subsequent maize. Changes in soil pH, total nitrogen (N_tot), organic carbon (C_org), water soluble carbon (WSC), microbial biomass carbon (C_mic) and nitrogen (N_mic) were measured under different cropping systems. Cropping sequence has no significant (P > 0.05) effect on soil pH and C_org, while WSC increased significantly when maize followed IT 96D-724 (100%), SAMPEA-7 (95%), TGx 1448-2E (79%) and SAMSOY-2 (106%) compared with continuous maize. On average, legume rotation caused 23% increase in N_tot relative to continuous maize. The C_mic and N_mic values were significantly affected by cropping sequence. The highest values were found in legume–maize rotation and the lowest values were found in fallow–maize and continuous maize. On average, C_mic made up to 4.8% of C_org and N_mic accounted for 4.4% of N_tot under different cropping systems. Maize grain yield increased significantly following legumes and had strong positive correlation with C_mic and N_mic suggesting that they are associated with yield increases due to other rotation effects. Negative correlation of grain yield with C_mic:N_mic and C_org:N_tot indicate that high C:N ratios contribute to nitrogen immobilization in the soil and are detrimental to crop productivity. The results showed that integration of grain legumes will reverse this process and ensure maintenance of soil quality and maize crop yield, which on average, increased by 68% and 49% following soybean and cowpea, respectively compared to continuous maize.     

不同土地利用方式下侵蚀泥沙中磷释放风险评价

采集紫色土丘陵区典型小流域不同土地利用方式(包括林地、水田、旱地、农村居民点等)下的侵蚀泥沙和降雨径流样,测定泥沙的生物有效磷(Olsen P)、磷吸持饱和度(DPS)和降雨径流的溶解性活性磷(SRP).结果表明,泥沙Olsen P和DPS与降雨径流SRP平均浓度呈显著的折线关系.通过折线模型计算出侵蚀泥沙磷释放的风险阈值为Olsen P 32mg/kg和DPS 28%.当泥沙Olsen P和DPS大于其阈值时,磷向水体释放的环境风险大大增加.不同土地利用方式下侵蚀泥沙中磷的释放环境风险差异显著.农村居民点沟渠泥沙的磷释放风险较大,是径流水体的磷源,林地和水田沟渠泥沙是径流水体的磷汇,旱地和综合沟渠泥沙属于潜在的磷释放源.泥沙磷的释放潜力取决于泥沙来源和泥沙理化性质.     

水土流失量和养分流失量的预测

采用SCS模型,USLE模型,铁钉法和养分流失公式,对巢湖龟山研究区进行了水土流失量和养分流失量的预测和估算.结果表明:研究区的平均年径流量为476.5 mm,不同土地利用类型的年径流量不同,灌丛和草地相对较小,建设用地和未利用地则较大;USLE模型和铁钉法估算的土壤侵蚀量平均值分别为4 107.57和3 847.6 t/(km2·a),且不同土地利用类型的土壤侵蚀量均存在差异;土壤养分流失量的计算结果显示,氮素为7.389 t/(km2·a),磷素为3.166 t/(km2·a);流失土壤携带是养分流失的主要形式,径流携带养分总量相对较小,其中,氮素和磷素通过土壤携带造成的损失分别占氮、磷养分流失总量的90.14%和87.37%.      

黄土高塬沟壑区砚瓦川流域水沙关系及其对流域治理的响应

选取黄土高塬沟壑区砚瓦川流域作为研究对象,分析综合治理前后年水沙关系及次降雨水沙关系变化及其对流域治理的响应,研究结果表明：1997年为砚瓦川流域减水减沙作用明显生效的转折年。治理期（1998-2009年）与基准期（1981-1997年）相比,无论年尺度还是次降雨尺度上,径流深与输沙模数间的关系均发生显著变化,其单位径流输沙量显著降低。其中在次降雨尺度上水沙关系趋于稳定的临界径流深为3 mm;当降雨量<50 mm、雨强<4 mm/h或历时>3 h 时,治理期较基准期水沙关系变化显著。水土保持综合治理是造成年尺度和次降雨尺度上水沙关系变化显著的原因,并且可以显著降低中低降雨量、中低雨强和中长历时降雨的单位径流输沙量。