Study on the Water Quality Characteristics of the Baoan Lake Basin in China under Different Land Use and Landscape Pattern Distributions

Weixiang Ren, Xiaodong Wu, Xuguang Ge, Guiying Lin, Lian Feng, Wanqing Ma and Dan Xu
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Weixiang Ren: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Xiaodong Wu: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Xuguang Ge: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Guiying Lin: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Lian Feng: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Wanqing Ma: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Dan Xu: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: Land use and landscape pattern highly affect water quality. Their relationship can assist in land-use management and improve land-use efficiency. In this study, a water quality survey of rivers and lakes was performed in 2020 to analyze the effects of land use and the landscape pattern on the water quality of the rivers and lakes in the Baoan Lake basin and is expected to provide a reference for land use planning. The results demonstrated that the effects of land use on water quality were generally higher during the dry season than during the wet season; however, the opposite was demonstrated for the landscape pattern index. Cropland and urban land were closely correlated with deteriorating water quality, with contributions to total nitrogen, total phosphorous, and ammonia nitrogen in the basin. The impact of the landscape pattern of the basin on water quality was controlled by the original land-use type. In addition, the landscape configuration formed different land-use types to produce different effects on water quality. The basin scale better explained the changes in water quality, especially for construction land, followed by the 250 m and 500 m scales in the buffer zone.

Keywords: Baoan Lake basin; land use; landscape pattern; water quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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