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rebecca.killalea@canberra.edu.au on 09 Apr 2022
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Study
- Citation
- Zhou, D., Bi, C., Chen, Z., Yu, Z., Wang, J., & Han, J. (2013). Phosphorus loads from different urban storm runoff sources in southern China: a case study in Wenzhou City. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
- Study description
- This study investigated 6 different source areas and the phosphorus concentrations in the runoff from each. This study looked at runoff from: main road, parking lot, community road, roof, lawn and at a stormwater outlet.
Response
- Cause term/trajectory
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Water quality - suspended material/sediment
(Increase)
- Cause description
- Increased Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
- Effect term/trajectory
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Water quality - nutrients (phosphorus)
(Increase)
- Effect description
- Increased Total Phosphorus (TP) and Particulate Phosphorus (PP)
- Response measure type
- Pearson correlation coefficient
- Statistical significance
- 0.01
- Documentation
- Table 3
- Response measure description
- Pearson correlation coefficients: TP and TSS: 0.769, PP and TSS: 0.782
Design
- Source data
- Field
- Study type
- Observation
- Study design
- After impact only
- Number of independent control or reference sampling units
- 2
- Sample size used in analysis
- 641
- Design description
- Two study areas (Jiushanwai River and Shanxia River). 6 surface area types and 5 rainfall events sampled (at 5 min intervals).
Context
- Climate
- Temperate
- Country
- China
- Habitat
- Artificial
- Spatial extent
- Drainage basin
- Temporal extent
- Weeks