Nature‐based solutions enhance sediment and nutrient storage in an agricultural lowland catchment

Robotham, John; Old, Gareth; Rameshwaran, Ponnambalam; Sear, David; Trill, Emily; Bishop, J. K.; Gasca‐Tucker, David; Old, Joanne; McKnight, David

doi:10.1002/esp.5483

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“…These activities require collaboration of all partners through regular meetings and consultation, where individual expectations and aims are recognised. Similar cooperation has also supported the exploration of potential mitigation activities in the catchment (Robotham et al, 2023), the opportunities of nature-based solutions to reduce sediment and phosphorus transport.…”

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Citizen scientists filling knowledge gaps of phosphate pollution dynamics in rural areas

Loiselle,

Bishop,

Moorhouse

et al. 2024

Environ Monit Assess

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In situ monitoring is fundamental to manage eutrophication in rivers and streams. However, in recent decades, the frequency and spatial coverage of regulatory monitoring have often been reduced due to funding and infrastructure limitations. This reduction has made it impossible to provide adequate coverage for most water bodies. In this study, trained citizen scientists filled spatial and temporal gaps in agency monitoring across a major catchment in rural England. By integrating data from citizen scientists, regulatory agencies, and the local water company, it was possible to demonstrate the opportunities for hypothesis-based citizen scientist monitoring to identify continuous and event-driven sources of phosphate pollution. Local citizen scientists effectively covered important spatial gaps, investigating river conditions both upstream and downstream of suspected pollution point sources, improving the identification of their temporal dynamics. When combined with long-term monitoring data from regulatory agencies, it became possible to identify areas within the catchment that exhibited increased phosphate concentrations during periods of low river discharge (summer). Inter-annual trends and anomaly detection suggested that continuous pollution sources dominated over event-driven sources in many sub-basins, allowing for the prioritisation of mitigation actions. This study highlights the opportunity for citizen scientists to fill gaps in regulatory monitoring efforts and contribute to the improved management of eutrophication in rural catchments.

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Citizen scientists filling knowledge gaps of phosphate pollution dynamics in rural areas

Loiselle,

Bishop,

Moorhouse

et al. 2024

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Water pollution is a pervasive pressure on freshwater systems, putting physiological stress on aquatic organisms via reduction in oxygen levels, increased temperatures, excessive algal growth, and increased turbidity, and driving system-scale eutrophication of freshwater habitats 71,72]. The capacity for NBS to enhance water quality, especially in urban and agricultural contexts, is well-studied relative to other forms of NBS implementation [3,73,74]. Where they PLOS WATER can be strategically implemented to improve the condition of impaired aquatic ecosystems while delivering other services, NBS could be an indispensable tool for addressing this threat to freshwater biodiversity (Fig 1).…”

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The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis

et al. 2023

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Enthusiasm for and investments in nature-based solutions (NBS) as sustainable strategies for climate adaptation and infrastructure development is building among governments, the scientific community, and engineering practitioners. This is particularly true for water security and water-related risks. In a freshwater context, NBS may provide much-needed “win-wins” for society and the environment that could benefit imperiled freshwater biodiversity. Such conservation benefits are urgently needed given the ongoing freshwater biodiversity crisis, with declines in freshwater species and their habitats occurring at more than twice the rate of marine or terrestrial systems. However, for NBS to make meaningful contributions to safeguarding freshwater biodiversity, clear links must be established between NBS applications and priorities for conservation. In this paper, we link common water-related NBS to six priority actions for freshwater life established by the conservation science n community, and highlight priority research and knowledge that will be necessary to bring NBS to bear on the freshwater biodiversity crisis. In particular, we illustrate how NBS can play a direct role in restoring degraded aquatic and floodplain ecosystems, enhancing in-stream water quality, and improving hydrological connectivity among freshwater ecosystems. System-level monitoring is needed to ensure that freshwater NBS deliver on their promised benefits for ecosystems and species.

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We know less about phosphorus retention in constructed wetlands than we think we do: A quantitative literature synthesis

Anderson,

Adhikari,

Schloegel

et al. 2024

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Nature‐based solutions enhance sediment and nutrient storage in an agricultural lowland catchment

Cited by 6 publications

References 72 publications

Citizen scientists filling knowledge gaps of phosphate pollution dynamics in rural areas

Citizen scientists filling knowledge gaps of phosphate pollution dynamics in rural areas

The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis

We know less about phosphorus retention in constructed wetlands than we think we do: A quantitative literature synthesis

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