Abstract
As a nitrogen source for biological growth, amino compounds can participate in global nitrogen cycle processes and directly impact ecosystems. Dry deposition samples were collected from September 2020 to August 2021 from the Danjiangkou Reservoir of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. The dry deposition characteristics of amino acids in the reservoir area were analyzed, their sources were resolved, and the potential ecological impacts were evaluated. The results showed that the dry deposition flux of dissolved free amino acids was 0.48 kg N ha−1 yr−1 and that of dissolved combined amino acids was 1.09 kg N ha−1 yr−1 in Danjiangkou Reservoir. The dominant amino acid fractions were glutamic acid and aspartic acid. Agricultural activities, coal combustion, and primary biogenic particles influenced the amino acid deposition in the reservoir area. The potential source areas for amino acid deposition mainly influenced the northeast, southwest, northwest, and south of the reservoir. The amounts of amino acids entering the water bodies via dry deposition was 85.72 t N yr−1, contributing 0.83 g C m−2 yr−1 of new production to the reservoir water bodies. To summarize, this research depicted that the potential ecological impact of dry deposition of amino acids on artificial freshwater lakes should not be overlooked.
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