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Study

Citation
Yufen, R., Xiaoke, W., Zhiyun, O., Hua, Z., Xiaonan, D., & Hong, M. (2008). Stormwater Runoff Quality from Different Surfaces in an Urban Catchment in Beijing, China. Water Environment Research.
Study description
This study examined the pollutants in stormwater runoff from a number of surfaces (roof, lawn, local/small road, and heavy traffic road).The concentrations of pollutants was assessed across a number of rain events and between the different surface types.

Response

Cause term/trajectory
Land use/land cover - urban (Change)
Cause description
Different surface types assessed - lawn, roads, roofs
Effect term/trajectory
Water quality - nutrients (phosphorus) (Change)
Effect description
Total phosphorus (TP) in runoff from lawns and roads was significantly higher than in roof runoff.
Response measure type
F statistic/ratio

Design

Source data
Field
Study type
Observation
Study design
Control/reference vs. treatment/impact (no before)
Number of independent control or reference sampling units
14
Number of indendent impact or treatment sampling units
Control: Rainwater collected in 3 polyethylene vessels (3 sites). Treatments: Roof runoff (3 sites), road runoff (4 sites), lawn runoff (1 site), heavy traffic road (3 sites)
Sample size used in analysis
Sample size varies across different surface types.
Design description
Sample size/ number of rain events sampled unclear.

Context

Climate
Cold (continental)
Country
China
Habitat
Artificial
Spatial extent
Other
Temporal extent
Months
Context description
Spatial extent - surfaces of university campus sampled