不同作物种植对农业面源汛期污染排放强度的影响

Impact of cultivation of different crops on agriculturalnon-point source pollutants emission intensity during the flood season

  • 摘要: 面源污染是当前农业绿色可持续发展面临的重要生态环境问题之一, 农业生产过程尤其是汛期雨水冲刷农田土壤, 导致大量未被作物吸收利用的氮、磷排放入河, 是流域河流水质指标变化的主要原因之一。为了探究种植不同作物类型的农田氮磷污染排放特征, 为农业面源污染溯源治理提供更多基础数据支撑, 本文以河北省北部平地、坡地多年连续种植粮食作物(玉米)、蔬菜作物(白菜)、果树作物(杏树)地块为研究对象, 通过监测河流水质指标(化学需氧量、总氮、总磷、氨氮)在汛期内不同阶段(早期、盛期、末期)变化情况, 比较不同作物类型产生的氮磷污染强度差异及其对区域河流水质的影响。结果表明: 1)农田化学需氧量、氮、磷污染物排放强度在汛期随降雨量增加而增强。2)坡地作物种植区浅层土壤氮素本底值最高, 蔬菜作物种植区浅层土壤磷素本底值最高; 与本底值相比, 蔬菜作物污染物排放强度增加最显著, 汛期蔬菜作物种植区下游河流断面化学需氧量增加约7倍, 氮素污染负荷增加38.7%; 3种作物类型中, 粮食作物种植对汛期河流水体磷素和化学需氧量指标影响最大, 粮食作物种植区磷素污染负荷增加量是其他作物的近3倍, 化学需氧量增加量是其他作物的近2倍, 与上游相比, 粮食作物种植区下游氮素污染负荷增加约65.3%。3)汛期河流水体的氮素污染强度比磷素污染强度变化大, 断面水质污染物由汛前的磷素为主转向化学需氧量为主, 汛后氮磷复合污染最显著。综上, 农业面源的源头管控与系统治理应重点针对蔬菜种植导致氮素污染排放强度大的问题, 采取科学施肥、合理拦截等措施, 降低汛期农田排水对区域河流水体的污染风险。

     

    Abstract: Non-point source pollution is an important ecological and environmental problem in the green and sustainable development of agriculture. During agricultural production, fertilization and other practices produce excess nutrients not assimilated by crops, which accumulate in the soil and are discharged into the river through surface runoff, particularly during the rainy season. This a primary reason for changes in river-water quality in the basin. Different soil utilization methods and cropping systems have been reported to generate distinct non-point source pollutant profiles, which increases the complexity of agricultural non-point source pollution control to a certain extent. To further explore the nitrogen and phosphorus pollution emissions characteristics of different crop-planting types in farmlands and provide more basic data for the traceability and control of agricultural non-point source pollution, this study examined agricultural fields under long-term continuous cultivation of different crop types in northern Hebei Province, focusing on their impact on river-water quality within the monitored watershed. The key water-quality parameters included the chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N). The investigation covered three cropping systems, grain (maize), vegetables (Chinese cabbage), and fruit (apricot trees), cultivated across two terrain types: flat land and sloping fields. This study compared the nitrogen and phosphorus pollution intensities of different crop types and their impacts on regional river-water quality by monitoring variations in water-quality parameters during distinct flood season phases (early, peak, and late periods). The results indicate that: 1) In terms of temporal distribution, the emissions intensity of COD, nitrogen, and phosphorus pollution increased with an increase in rainfall during the flood season. 2) In terms of spatial distribution, the background nitrogen level in shallow soil was highest in sloping fields, whereas the background phosphorus level was highest in the vegetable cultivation areas. The increase in pollutant emissions intensity was most significant in the vegetable cultivation areas. Compared to the background index, the COD in the downstream river sections of vegetable cultivation areas during the flood season increased by approximately seven-fold, and nitrogen pollution increased by 38.7%. Compared to vegetables and fruit, grain crops had the greatest impact on the TP and COD levels in river water during the flood season. In grain cultivation areas, the increase in TP pollution was nearly three-fold that in other cultivation areas, and the COD increase was nearly two-fold higher. Additionally, compared to the upstream areas, TN pollution downstream of the grain cultivation areas increased by 65.3%. 3) In terms of pollutant type distribution, the intensity of nitrogen pollution in the river water during the flood season varied more significantly than that of phosphorus. The dominant water-quality pollutants in the monitoring sections shifted from TP before the flood season to COD during the flood season. The most significant post-flood pollution pattern was combined nitrogen–phosphorus contamination. In summary, source control and systematic management of agricultural non-point source pollution should prioritize addressing the high nitrogen emissions intensity from vegetable cultivation. Key measures, such as optimized fertilization and targeted interception, should be implemented to mitigate the pollution risk of farmland drainage to regional water bodies during the flood season.

     

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