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The hydrograph of Hanfeng Lake, which is the largest pre-dam of theThree Gorges Reservoir, varied between the fluvial stage and lake stage after the lake was officially operated, resulting in large shifts in the aquatic biogeochemical processes. To explore the spatial-temporal distribution of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and identify their influencing factors in Hanfeng Lake, seven sampling sites were set up to monitor the changes of nutrients and other water indicators at different water depths monthly from January to December 2018. The results showed that completely vertical mixing across water profiles was observed. The nutrient concentrations were not significantly different between the top, middle, and bottom water depths ( P >0.05). Total nitrogen concentration decreased from January to September but gradually increased from October to December, with a monthly average concentration of 1.52 mg·L -1 . NO 2 - -N concentration decreased in the first four months, increased sharply from May to June, and decreased from July to December with a monthly average concentration of 0.05 mg·L -1 . NO 3 - -N concentration gradually decreased from January to June, and gradually increased from July to December. NH 4 + -N concentration was the highest in July, with a concentration of 0.44 mg·L -1 , and the change in other months was not notable, with a monthly average concentration of 0.09 mg·L -1 . The concentrations of total phosphorus (TP), dissolved phosphorus, and soluble reactive phosphorus showed insignificant changes in trends throughout the year, with monthly average concentrations of 0.17 mg·L -1 , 0.11 mg·L -1 , and 0.05 mg·L -1 , respectively. The phosphate concentration was mainly sourced from the upstream Nan River and Taoxi River, and gradually decreased from upper Zhendong to the downstream regulating dam. Of these nutrients, TP was the key factor in the growth of algae in Hanfeng Lake.

Based on the pattern of citrus tree/stropharia mushrooms intercropping, returning-straw was used as the raw material for the stropharia mushrooms, and an in-situ experiment was conducted to monitor soil CO 2 emissions under different dosage of straw application during the stropharia growth period. Soil CO 2 emissions and the influencing factors were analyzed under different treatments of cultivated (HSM, ASM, and DSM) and uncultivated stropharia mushrooms (HS, AS, and DS). The mushroom yield and soil carbon emission efficiency (CEE) were used to provide a theoretical basis for improving the use of land under citrus orchards. The results showed that:① Straw return increased the cumulative CO 2 emissions compared with the control system (conventional planting, CK) and cumulative CO 2 emissions increased with the dosage of straw application. Cumulative CO 2 emissions from soil treated with cultivated stropharia mushrooms were higher than those from soil treated with uncultivated stropharia mushrooms, in the order of DSM (52.09 t·hm -2 ) > ASM (41.10 t·hm -2 ) > HSM (33.20 t·hm -2 ) > DS (27.15 t·hm -2 ) > AS (25.34 t·hm -2 ) > HS (18.94 t·hm -2 ) > CK (12.16 t·hm -2 ). Cumulative CO 2 emissions under the DSM treatment significantly increased by 328.37% compared with CK. ② For the treatment of cultivated stropharia mushrooms, peak soil CO 2 emissions occurred during the period of mycelium growth. The highest cumulative CO 2 emissions during this period were obtained under the DSM treatment and accounted for 43.27% of the total cumulative emissions. This was followed by ASM and HSM which accounted for 42.63% and 40.57% of emissions, respectively. ③ Cultivated stropharia mushrooms reduced the temperature sensitivity coefficient ( Q 10 ). The soil temperature (5 cm depth) had a significant effect on the soil CO 2 emission rate ( P <0.01) but soil moisture did not ( P >0.05). Soil temperature explained 27% to 71% of the variation in soil CO 2 emissions rates, and the two-factor fitting of soil temperature and soil moisture explained 36% to 82% of the variation. ④ For the treatment of cultivated stropharia mushrooms, the ranked yield of each treatment was DSM (49.7 t·hm -2 ) > ASM (47.0 t·hm -2 ) > HSM (23.3 t·hm -2 ), and ASM had the highest soil CEE (1.14). Therefore, under the system of citrus tree/stropharia mushroom intercropping, straw return can increase soil CO 2 emissions, with the highest emissions being obtained when a double dosage of straw was applied. However, the optimal amount of straw still needs to be determined in combination with changes in soil nutrients and crop yields.

Long-term field monitoring data was analyzed regarding the characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil and shallow groundwater of different land use types in a typical small watershed of the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Furthermore, the relationships among soil nitrogen and phosphorus contents, concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus in shallow groundwater, and slope surface runoff were analyzed. The results showed that the average contents of TN and NO 3 - -N in terrace soil were significantly higher than those in sloping upland soil ( P < 0.05), for which the average content of paddy terrace was highest (1.49 g·kg -1 ). The average contents of TP in the soil of sloping upland and mulberry-sloping upland were significantly higher than those in the soil of other land types. The average content of NO 3 - -N in the soil of dryland terrace was highest of all land use types and its discrete degree was also largest. The slope land use type had greater impact on the concentrations of TN and NO 3 - -N in shallow groundwater, but it had little influence on TP concentration. In addition, the shallow groundwater TN concentration and NO 3 - -N concentration had significant positive correlation, and the average contribution rate of NO 3 - -N to TN in five wells ranged from 67.82% to 78.51%. The monthly average concentration of TN and NO 3 - -N in shallow groundwater changed little, only showing a significant upward trend after the fertilization stage of the two crops in spring and autumn. The average contents of TN and NO 3 - -N in the slope soil were significantly correlated with the TN and NO 3 - -N concentrations in the shallow groundwater, but there was no significant correlation between the TN and NO 3 - -N concentrations in the surface runoff. When the slope surface runoff TP concentration was>0.1 mg·L -1 , the average content of TP had a significant linear correlation with it. There was a significant power function relationship between the concentrations of TN and NO 3 - -N in the surface runoff and concentrations of TN and NO 3 - -N in the shallow groundwater, with higher correlation of NO 3 - -N concentrations between surface runoff and shallow groundwater.

This paper used three plots of paddy field in Wangjiagou small catchment in Fuling District, Chongqing Municipality as a case study. Wangjiagou, located in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, provided a good case in terms of its closeness of surface runoff. The samples of individual rainfall of twelve times and process of two typical individual rainfalls on three plots of sloping paddy field were collected from 2014 to 2015. These samples were used to analyze the influence of spatial pattern of sloping paddy field on the concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus in the surface runoff. The samples of daily runoff in subcatchments in 2010 and 2015 were used to analyze the influence of spatial pattern change of subcatchments' paddy field on the concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus in the surface runoff. The results indicated that the removal rates of TN, NO 3 - -N and TP of paddy field at the valley bottom were higher than those in the mid-slopes. The removal rate of TP would be higher if plot size of paddy field at the bottom got bigger. During individual rainfall event, the losses concentration of TN, NO 3 - -N and TP in the paddy fields was significantly different among three different spatial patterns during the previous period of heavy rain event, but it became different during the next period of moderate rain event. The two subcatchments' spatial pattern change of paddy field had weakened the intercepting purification ability of nitrogen and phosphorus losses of paddy field in 2015, compared with that in 2010. TN's losses concentration increased significantly during the periods of light and moderate rain event and base flow. TP's losses concentration fluctuated during the event from moderate rain to heavy rain. Hence, increasing the area of paddy field of catchment and optimizing its spatial pattern reasonably were found as effective measures to control agricultural non-point source pollution in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region.

In order to study the efficiency and mechanism of capping with purple parent rocks to control phosphorus release from sediments, three kinds of purple parent rocks (Fei-xian-guan Formation, Peng-lai-zhen Formation and Sui-ning Formation) which distribute widely in Chongqing, and two types of rock (limestone and calcite) which have been found to effectively control the release of phosphorus from sediments, were selected as active covering materials to cap the sediments to conduct simulation experiment. The results indicated that: all three kinds of purple parent rocks showed strong inhibition of total phosphorus release from sediments to the overlying water, far better than limestone and calcite ( P <0.05), and the highest removal rate of total phosphorus was 94.4% in the disposal of Fei-xian-guan Formation. Those five kinds of covering materials could promote the release and transformation of total phosphorus in sediments, which could significantly promote the in situ conversion of OP to Ca-P, while the three kinds of purple parent rocks were more conducive to convert the released phosphorus into inorganic phosphorus and organic phosphorus. At the same time, those five kinds of covering materials could also change the microbial community structure in sediments and overlying water, and the numbers of bacteria (labeled as PLFA16:0) were significantly negatively correlated with the content of total phosphorus in the overlying water.

A strain of photosynthetic bacterium named psb1 capable of ammonia-nitrogen degradation was isolated from a swamp in Yunnan. The psb1 was similar to Rhodopseudomonas sp. according to its cell morphological properties and absorption spectrum analysis of living cells. The alignment result of 16S rDNA amplification sequence with specific primers of photosynthetic bacteria showed that the homology between strain psb1 and Rhodopseudomonas sp. was 99%, and the alignment results of protein sequences of bacterial chlorophyll Y subunit showed that the strain psb1 and Rhodopseudomonas palustris were the most similar, with a similarity of 99%. But there was a great difference in the biological properties of the strains psb1 and Rhodopseudomonas palustris according to physiological biochemical characteristics and main fatty acid analysis. For example, strain psb1 could not utilize glucose and mannitol as carbon source, and had specific fatty acid C 18:1ω6c . The results of single factor test showed that:the optimal growth was obtained at pH 7.0 and 40℃, the optimal nitrogen source was yeast extract. The optimal conditions for ammonia nitrogen biodegradation were as following:anaerobic, light, initial pH 6.0-7.0, temperature 30℃, inoculation volume 0.4%. Under that cultural condition, the degradation rate of ammonia nitrogen in wastewater could reach 99%. The results indicated that strain psb1 might be a novel bacterium in genus Rhodopseudomonas with high ammonia removal efficiency, and can be applied in the bioremediation of polluted landscape water.

As an independent water-collecting area, small catchment is the source of non-point source pollution in Three Gorges Region. Choosing 3 kinds of the most representative land-use types and using them to lay monitoring points of overland runoff within the small catchment of Wangjiagou in Fuling of Three Gorges Region, the author used the samples of surface runoff collected through the twelve natural rainfalls from May to December to analyze the feature of spatial-temporal change of Nitrogen's losses concentrations under the influence of different land use types and the hillslopes and small catchments composed by those land use types, revealing the relation between different land-use types and Nitrogen's losses of small catchments in Three Gorges Region. The result showed: the average losses concentration of TN showed the biggest difference for different land use types during the period of spring crops, and the average value of dry land was 1. 61 times and 6.73 times of the values of interplanting field of mulberry and paddy field, respectively; the change of the losses concentration of TN was most conspicuous in the 3 periods of paddy field. The main element was NO₃⁻-N, and the relation between TN and NO₃⁻-N showed a significant linear correlation. TN's and NO₃⁻-N's losses concentrations were significantly and positively correlated with the area ratio of corn and mustard, but got a significant negative correlation with the area ratio of paddy and mulberry; NH₄⁺-N's losses concentrations got a significant positive correlation with the area ratio of mustard. Among all the hillslopes composed by different land use types, TN's average losses concentration of surface runoff of the hillslope composed by interplantating field of mulberry and paddy land during the three periods was the lowest, and the values were 2.55, 11.52, 8.58 mg · L⁻¹, respectively; the hillslope of rotation plough land of corn and mustard had the maximum value, and the values were 27.51, 25.11, 27.11 mg · L⁻¹, respectively; different land use types and spatial combination ways of subcatchment had a greater influence on TN's losses concentrations, so using a reasonable way to adjust land use structure and spatial arrangement of whole catchment was an effective measure to control the source of non-point source pollution of Three Gorges Region.

High concentrations of ammonium, nitrate and nitrite nitrogen were employed to clarify the abilities of heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification of Arthrobacter arilaitensis strain Y-10. Meanwhile, by means of inoculating the strain suspension into the mixed ammonium and nitrate, ammonium and nitrite nitrogen simulated wastewater, we studied the simultaneous nitrification and denitrification ability of Arthrobacter arilaitensis strain Y-10. In addition, cell optical density was assayed in each nitrogen removal process to analyze the relationship of cell growth and nitrogen removal efficiency. The results showed that the hypothermia denitrification strain Arthrobacter arilaitensis Y-10 exhibited high nitrogen removal efficiency during heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification. The ammonium, nitrate and nitrite removal rates were 65.0%, 100% and 61.2% respectively when strain Y-10 was cultivated for 4 d at 15°C with initial ammonium, nitrate and nitrite nitrogen concentrations of 208.43 mg · L⁻¹, 201.16 mg · L⁻¹ and 194.33 mg · L⁻¹ and initial pH of 7.2. Nitrite nitrogen could only be accumulated in the medium containing nitrate nitrogen during heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification process. Additionally, the ammonium nitrogen was mainly removed in the inorganic nitrogen mixed synthetic wastewater. In short, Arthrobacter arilaitensis Y-10 could conduct nitrification and denitrification effectively under aerobic condition and the ammonium nitrogen removal rate was more than 80.0% in the inorganic nitrogen mixed synthetic wastewater.

The existing forms of phosphorus in seven organic waste materials including biogas residues of swine manure (ZZ), biogas residues of cattle manure (NZ), compost of cattle manure and corn straw (NJD), compost of sewage sludge (WD) and compost of rural daily garbage (NSLD) were characterized according to phosphorus fractionation procedures developed by DOU et al. The result showed that there was a great difference in the total phosphorus (TP) and the total phosphorus of various forms (P(t)) among different organic materials. ZZ had the highest content of TP with the value of 23.59 g x kg(-1); while NZ had the lowest TP content with the value of 3.61 g x kg(-1). The contents and proportions of phosphorus fractions in ZZ, NZ, NJD and WD followed the order of HCl-P > Residues-P > NaHCO3-P > NaOH-P > H2O-P, while followed the order of HC1-P > Residues-P > H2O-P > NaHCO3-P > NaOH-P in the three NSLDs. The proportion of HCl-P in the total fractionated phosphorus (P(tt)) in seven organic materials ranged from 47.75% to 84.96%, which indicated that most of P in organic materials existed in the forms that were easier to be extracted by strong extracting agents like HCl, which was difficult to be absorbed by plants. The inorganic phosphorus accounted for 79.72% -94.76% of the total phosphorus in the organic materials. Of all the phosphorus forms, the NaHCO3-P had the highest inorganic phosphorus fractions, but the inorganic phosphorus was mainly distributed in HCl-P. The organic phosphorus was mainly distributed in HCl-P and Residues-P. In addition, the higher proportions of inorganic phosphorus in NJD than those of NZ demonstrated that the composting process was benefit for the mineralization of organic phosphorus in organic materials and thus improving its availability.