Effects of land management on inundation of prairie pothole wetlands in the Des Moines Lobe using AnnAGNPS

Upadhyay, Pawan; Pruski, L. O. S.; Kaleita, Amy L.; Soupir, Michelle L.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.12.016

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“…The overall goal of this work is to document and assess the inundation behavior of typical closed depressions in the southern PPR. Related studies in these same depressions address water quality patterns in flooded farmed potholes (Martin et al, 2019), as well as the role of tillage practices and land cover on the frequency of inundation (Upadhyay et al, 2019). This study provides insight into the differences in pothole hydrology with differing levels of drainage, recognizing that there is a diversity of drainage circumstances for potholes in this region.…”

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Inundation Patterns of Farmed Pothole Depressions with Varying Subsurface Drainage

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Soupir³

2019

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HighlightsFarmed pothole depressions in the Des Moines Lobe were observed to fill due to runoff and shallow subsurface flow.Six of the eight observed potholes flooded for five or more days some time during the two years of observation.Subsurface drainage and surface inlets reduced but did not prevent yield-limiting flooding in the observed potholes. Abstract. The prairie pothole region (PPR) ranges from central Iowa to the northwest into Montana and south central Canada, totaling around 700,000 km2. This area contains millions of potholes, or enclosed topographical depressions, which often inundate with rainfall. Many are located in areas that have been converted to arable agricultural land through installation of artificial drainage. However, even with drainage, potholes will pond or have saturated soil conditions during and after significant rain events. The portion of the PPR that extends into Iowa is known as the Des Moines Lobe. In this two-year study, surface water depth data were collected hourly from eight prairie potholes in the Des Moines Lobe in central Iowa to determine the surface water hydrology. These potholes included surface and subsurface drained row crops and undrained retired land, allowing for drainage comparisons. Inundation lasted five or more days at least once at six of the eight potholes, including four potholes with surface inlets and subsurface drainage, which resulted in four of fourteen growing seasons not producing a yield in part of the pothole. Water balances of four different drainage intensities showed increased infiltration due to subsurface drainage and up to 78% of outflow due to surface inlet drainage. Overall, drainage decreased the number of average inundation days, but heavy precipitation events still caused lengthy inundation periods that resulted in crop loss. Keywords: Farmed wetlands, Prairie pothole, Tile drainage, Water balance.

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Inundation Patterns of Farmed Pothole Depressions with Varying Subsurface Drainage

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Soupir³

2019

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“…Several studies have sought to characterize and distinguish the water balance components that possibly contribute to kettle holes located across central North America (Haque, Ali, & Badiou, ; Hayashi, van der Kamp, & Rosenberry, ; Hayashi et al, ; Hayashi, van der Kamp, & Schmidt, ; Lissey, ; Neff & Rosenberry, ; Upadhyay, Pruski, Kaleita, & Soupir, ; van der Kamp & Hayashi, ) that encompass three southern Canadian provinces and five upper Midwest states, that is, the prairie pothole region. Nevertheless, by contrast, the importance of kettle hole–groundwater interactions in the Uckermark region has remained as one of the most important questions underlying the investigations into the hydrology of these small water bodies.…”

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Characterizing hydrological processes within kettle holes using stable water isotopes in the Uckermark of northern Brandenburg, Germany

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Understanding the hydrologic connectivity between kettle holes and shallow groundwater, particularly in reaction to the highly variable local meteorological conditions, is of paramount importance for tracing water in a hydro(geo)logically complex landscape and thus for integrated water resource management. This article is aimed at identifying the dominant hydrological processes affecting the kettle holes' water balance and their interactions with the shallow groundwater domain in the Uckermark region, located in the north-east of Germany. For this reason, based on the stable isotopes of oxygen (δ 18 O) and hydrogen (δ 2 H), an isotopic mass balance model was employed to compute the evaporative loss of water from the kettle holes from February to August 2017.Results demonstrated that shallow groundwater inflow may play the pivotal role in the processes taking part in the hydrology of the kettle holes in the Uckermark region.Based on the calculated evaporation/inflow (E/I) ratios, most of the kettle holes (86.7%) were ascertained to have a partially open, flow-through-dominated system. Moreover, we identified an inverse correlation between E/I ratios and the altitudes of the kettle holes. The same holds for electrical conductivity (EC) and the altitudes of the kettle holes. In accordance with the findings obtained from this study, a conceptual model explaining the interaction between the shallow groundwater and the kettle holes of Uckermark was developed. The model exhibited that across the highest altitudes, the recharge kettle holes are dominant, where a lower ratio of E/I and a lower EC was detected. By contrast, the lowest topographical depressions represent the discharge kettle holes, where a higher ratio of E/I and EC could be identified. The kettle holes existing in between were categorized as flow-through kettle holes through which the recharge takes place from one side and discharge from the other side. K E Y W O R D S evaporation, groundwater inflow, kettle hole, stable water isotope, surface-groundwater interactions

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“…Subsurface drainage systems can also be fitted with surface inlets to directly route ponded surface water into the subsurface tile network via a vertical conduit. Surface inlets are common in lacustrine and glacial environments in which natural depressions in the topography with low permeabilities are not conducive for surface runoff from the field and infiltration (Martin, Soupir, & Kaleita, 2019; Schilling, Then, & Ikenberry, 2019; Upadhyay, Pruski, Kaleita, & Soupir, 2019; Willians, Livingston, Penn, & Gonzalez, 2020). However, the prevalence of surface inlets in drained areas remains a source of uncertainty related to nutrient flux.…”

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“…natural depressions in the topography with low permeabilities are not conducive for surface runoff from the field and infiltration (Martin, Soupir, & Kaleita, 2019;Schilling, Then, & Ikenberry, 2019;Upadhyay, Pruski, Kaleita, & Soupir, 2019;Willians, Livingston, Penn, & Gonzalez, 2020). However, the prevalence of surface inlets in drained areas remains a source of uncertainty related to nutrient flux.…”

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Using nutrient transport data to characterize and identify the presence of surface inlets in regions with subsurface drainage

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Surface inlets route ponded surface water into subsurface drainage networks and are prevalent throughout North America. Despite serving as a nutrient loss pathway, contributing to downstream water quality degradation, surface inlets are thought to be underreported in drainage studies within the literature. Previous studies have demonstrated the footprint that surface inlets have on nutrient transport and drainage effluent but are site specific and focused on individual events. Moreover, although their ubiquitous presence is assumed, no regional surface inlet database exists. To this end, a structured review was undertaken with two goals. First, the MANAGE Drain Load database, consisting of nearly 1,500 site-years of drainage and nutrient data, was analyzed to determine distinctions between areas with and without surface inlets. The median annual total phosphorus (TP) load was greater at site-years with surface inlets (0.40 kg ha −1) than site-years without (0.21 kg ha −1). The opposite emerged for dissolved nitrogen (DN) loads as site-years with surface inlet had a smaller median annual load (3.3 kg ha −1) than site-years without (23.0 kg ha −1). This relationship is attributed to immobile TP being transported primarily through overland flow and routed to subsurface drains via surface inlets and to relatively more mobile DN being subsurface driven, bypassed in settings with surface inlets. No statistical differences were found in annual drainage or ratios of particulate P to TP between site-years with and without surface inlets. Second, a logistic regression model was developed that predicts the presence of surface inlets within MANAGE. Eighteen percent of site-years and 21% of sites were predicted to have surface inlets. 1 INTRODUCTION Subsurface tile drainage is a known pathway for contaminant loss to downstream surface water bodies. Although tile drains have been shown to transport sediment (Estrany,

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Effects of land management on inundation of prairie pothole wetlands in the Des Moines Lobe using AnnAGNPS

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

Inundation Patterns of Farmed Pothole Depressions with Varying Subsurface Drainage

Inundation Patterns of Farmed Pothole Depressions with Varying Subsurface Drainage

Characterizing hydrological processes within kettle holes using stable water isotopes in the Uckermark of northern Brandenburg, Germany

Using nutrient transport data to characterize and identify the presence of surface inlets in regions with subsurface drainage

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