The Impact of Spatial Decision Variables Influencing Crop Rotation on Phosphorus Load Reduction: A Hydrologic Modeling Approach
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Abstract
Non-point source anthropogenic nutrient loading through intensive farming practices is a global \nsource of water quality degradation by creating harmful algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems. \nPhosphorus, as the key nutrient in this process, has received much attention in different studies as \nwell as conservation programs aimed at mitigating the transfer of polluting nutrients to freshwater \nresources. Central to conservation initiatives developed to maintain and improve water quality is the \napplication of the Conservation Practices (CPs), introduced widely as practical, cost-effective \nmeasures with overall positive impacts on the rate of nutrient load reductions from farmlands to \nfreshwater resources. \nCrop rotation is one of the field-based BMPs applied to maintain the overall soil fertility and \npreventing the displacement of the topsoil layers by surface water runoff across the agricultural \nwatersheds. The underlying concept in the application of this particular BMP is a deviation from the \nmonoculture cropping system by integrating different crops into the farming process. This way, \ncultivated soils do not lose key nutrients, which are necessary for crop growth, and the overall crop \nproductivity remains unchanged in the landscape. The successful implementation of crop rotation \nhighly depends on planning the rotation process, which is influenced by a variety of environmental, \nstructural, and managerial factors, including the size of farmlands, climate variability, crop type, level \nof implementation, soil type, and market prices among other factors. Each of these decision \nvariables is subject to variation depending upon the variability of other factors, the complexity of \nwatersheds upon which this BMP is implemented, and the overall objectives of the BMP adoption. \nThis study aims to investigate two of these decision variables and their potential impacts on \nphosphorus load reductions through a scenario-based hydrologic modeling framework developed to \niv \nassess the post-crop rotation water quality improvements across the Medway Creek Watershed, \nsituated in the Lake Erie Basin in Ontario, Canada. These variables are the spatial pattern of crop \nrotation and its level of implementation, assessed at the watershed scale through the modifications \nmade to the delineation of the basic Hydrologic Response Units (HRUs) in the modeling process as \nwell as certain assumptions in the management schedules, and decision rules required for the \nintegration of crop rotation into the proposed modeling framework and optimal placement of this \nnon-structural BMP across the watershed. The main modeling package utilized in this study is the \nSoil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), used in conjunction with the ArcGIS and IBMSPSS tools \nto allow for spatial assessment and statistical analyses of the proposed hydrologic modeling results, \nrespectively. \nFollowing in-depth statistical analyses of the scenarios, the results of the study elicit the critical role \nof both factors by proposing optimal ranges of application on the watershed under study. \nAccordingly, to achieve optimal implementation results compared to the baseline scenario, which \nhas the zero rate of implementation, conservation initiatives in the watershed are encouraged to \nconsider the targeted placement of crop rotation on half of the lands under cultivation. Despite, \nhaving a statistically significant impact on water quality compared to the baseline scenario, the random \ndistribution scenario is less effective than the targeted scenario in mitigation of total phosphorus \nload. Similarly, compared to the medium rate of implementation the targeted placement in a higher \nproportion of the cultivated areas did not lead to statistically significant results but may be \nconsidered depending upon the purpose and scope of implementation.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.005 | 0.000 |
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