Hyporheic flows stem primarily from near-bed pressure gradients induced by the interaction between stream flow and topography. They mix in-stream and pore waters through a pumping mechanism, which drives surface water (downwelling flux) in the streambed sediment in high-pressure zones and subsurface water (upwelling flux) into the stream in low-pressure zones. Downwelling fluxes carry river biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO) and ammonium (N) into the sediment where biochemical reactions (respiration and nitrification) consume DO. Here, we present an analytical model for quantifying the benthic oxygen uptake rate (BUR) in gravel bed rivers with alternate-bar morphology and we show the relationship among stream morphodynamic parameters and solute (BOD, DO and N) concentrations on BUR. Our model analytically solves the hyporheic flow field and the solute transport equations with advection, longitudinal diffusion and reactions modeled as first order kinetics because of low solute concentrations in a Lagrangian framework.

Effect of hyporheic flows induced by alternate bars on benthic oxygen uptake / D., Tonina; Marzadri, Alessandra; Bellin, Alberto. - ELETTRONICO. - (2011), pp. 3129-3136. (Intervento presentato al convegno 34th IAHR tenutosi a Brisbane, Australia nel 26 June-1 July 2011).

Effect of hyporheic flows induced by alternate bars on benthic oxygen uptake

Marzadri, Alessandra;Bellin, Alberto
2011-01-01

Abstract

Hyporheic flows stem primarily from near-bed pressure gradients induced by the interaction between stream flow and topography. They mix in-stream and pore waters through a pumping mechanism, which drives surface water (downwelling flux) in the streambed sediment in high-pressure zones and subsurface water (upwelling flux) into the stream in low-pressure zones. Downwelling fluxes carry river biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO) and ammonium (N) into the sediment where biochemical reactions (respiration and nitrification) consume DO. Here, we present an analytical model for quantifying the benthic oxygen uptake rate (BUR) in gravel bed rivers with alternate-bar morphology and we show the relationship among stream morphodynamic parameters and solute (BOD, DO and N) concentrations on BUR. Our model analytically solves the hyporheic flow field and the solute transport equations with advection, longitudinal diffusion and reactions modeled as first order kinetics because of low solute concentrations in a Lagrangian framework.
2011
Proceedings of the 34th IAHR Symposium World Congress
Brisbane, Australia
Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571
9781618396532
D., Tonina; Marzadri, Alessandra; Bellin, Alberto
Effect of hyporheic flows induced by alternate bars on benthic oxygen uptake / D., Tonina; Marzadri, Alessandra; Bellin, Alberto. - ELETTRONICO. - (2011), pp. 3129-3136. (Intervento presentato al convegno 34th IAHR tenutosi a Brisbane, Australia nel 26 June-1 July 2011).
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