Salinization alters fluxes of bioreactive elements from stream ecosystems across land use

Duan, S.; Kaushal, S. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7331-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7331-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7331-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 23

Research article

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15 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 15 Dec 2015

Salinization alters fluxes of bioreactive elements from stream ecosystems across land use

S. Duan and S. S. Kaushal

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Dec 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 20 May 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C2858: 'Review of: bg-2015-134', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Jun 2015
- AC C5560: 'Replies to reviews of Anonymous Referee #1', Shuiwang Duan, 21 Sep 2015
RC C2868: 'Review of Duan, S.-W. and S.S. Kaushal. Salinization alters fluxes of bioreactive elements from streams and soils across land use.', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Jun 2015
- AC C5578: 'Replies to reviews of Anonymous Referee #2', Shuiwang Duan, 21 Sep 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (30 Sep 2015) by Tom J. Battin

AR by Shuiwang Duan on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (10 Nov 2015) by Tom J. Battin

AR by Shuiwang Duan on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (30 Nov 2015) by Tom J. Battin

AR by Shuiwang Duan on behalf of the Authors (04 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Dec 2015) by Tom J. Battin

AR by Shuiwang Duan on behalf of the Authors (04 Dec 2015)

Short summary

There has been increased salinization of fresh water over decades during the urban evolution of watersheds. This study finds that salinization consistently increased sediment releases of labile organic carbon and total dissolved Kjeldahl nitrogen and sediment transformations of nitrate, and the salinization effects increased with percentage watershed urbanization. These findings are will be critical for forecasting changes in carbon and nutrient exports due to salt use in urban watersheds.