2021
DOI: 10.3390/land10090977
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Watershed Response to Legacy Phosphorus and Best Management Practices in an Impacted Agricultural Watershed in Florida, U.S.A.

Abstract: Soil phosphorus (P) built up due to past management practices, legacy P, in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed (LOW) in south-central Florida, U.S.A., is often discussed as the root cause of lake eutrophication. Improvement of the lake’s water quality requires the identification of critical P sources and quantifying their contributions. We performed a global sensitivity analysis of the Watershed Assessment Model (WAM), a common evaluation tool in LOW environmental planning, using the Morris method. A pre-calibrated… Show more

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“…In addition, this study assumed that the land covers of the two study wetland watersheds might not change substantially because their wetlands (the dominant land cover) have been highly managed and protected. Legacy phosphorus was known as the major source of phosphorus loaded to Lake Okeechobee (Khare et al, 2021), but the responses of legacy phosphorus transport and loading to rainfall events were assumed to be constant in the future due to the lack of information pertinent to the legacy phosphorus of the study wetland watersheds.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, this study assumed that the land covers of the two study wetland watersheds might not change substantially because their wetlands (the dominant land cover) have been highly managed and protected. Legacy phosphorus was known as the major source of phosphorus loaded to Lake Okeechobee (Khare et al, 2021), but the responses of legacy phosphorus transport and loading to rainfall events were assumed to be constant in the future due to the lack of information pertinent to the legacy phosphorus of the study wetland watersheds.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Explanations for the inadequate BMP responses have centered on legacy P [73,74] and N [75] inputs from the waterbody's watershed stymying management programs [76][77][78]. Soil phosphorus buildup due to past management practices (Legacy P) is often considered a root cause for eutrophication.…”
Section: Sustainability (Eutrophication the Circular Economy Soil Hea...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite these actions, P loading to Lake Okeechobee has instead increased to a current average of 500–600 t/yr, and TP concentrations currently average near 100 ppb (Khare et al 2019). One major challenge of achieving the Lake Okeechobee TMDL is that agricultural and other land uses continue to release P. In addition, P loads from previous decades have become incorporated in Lake Okeechobee's sediments and surrounding agricultural soils (Khare et al 2021). This legacy phosphorus can be resuspended in the water column or leach out of soils, hindering water quality improvement even if current management practices are improved.…”
Section: Phosphorus Management Successes Failures and Tradeoffs (The ...mentioning
confidence: 99%