A deconvolutional Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment
dc.contributor.author | Blake, William | |
dc.contributor.author | Boeckx, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Stock, BC | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, HG | |
dc.contributor.author | Bodé, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Upadhayay, HR | |
dc.contributor.author | Gaspar, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Goddard, Rupert | |
dc.contributor.author | Lennard, AT | |
dc.contributor.author | Lizaga, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Lobb, DA | |
dc.contributor.author | Owens, PN | |
dc.contributor.author | Petticrew, EL | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuzyk, ZZA | |
dc.contributor.author | Gari, BD | |
dc.contributor.author | Munishi, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Mtei, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Nebiyu, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Mabit, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Navas, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Semmens, BX | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-11T10:31:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-08-30 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.other | 13073 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12336 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Increasing complexity in human-environment interactions at multiple watershed scales presents major challenges to sediment source apportionment data acquisition and analysis. Herein, we present a step-change in the application of Bayesian mixing models: Deconvolutional-MixSIAR (D-MIXSIAR) to underpin sustainable management of soil and sediment. This new mixing model approach allows users to directly account for the 'structural hierarchy' of a river basin in terms of sub-watershed distribution. It works by deconvoluting apportionment data derived for multiple nodes along the stream-river network where sources are stratified by sub-watershed. Source and mixture samples were collected from two watersheds that represented (i) a longitudinal mixed agricultural watershed in the south west of England which had a distinct upper and lower zone related to topography and (ii) a distributed mixed agricultural and forested watershed in the mid-hills of Nepal with two distinct sub-watersheds. In the former, geochemical fingerprints were based upon weathering profiles and anthropogenic soil amendments. In the latter compound-specific stable isotope markers based on soil vegetation cover were applied. Mixing model posterior distributions of proportional sediment source contributions differed when sources were pooled across the watersheds (pooled-MixSIAR) compared to those where source terms were stratified by sub-watershed and the outputs deconvoluted (D-MixSIAR). In the first example, the stratified source data and the deconvolutional approach provided greater distinction between pasture and cultivated topsoil source signatures resulting in a different posterior distribution to non-deconvolutional model (conventional approaches over-estimated the contribution of cultivated land to downstream sediment by 2 to 5 times). In the second example, the deconvolutional model elucidated a large input of sediment delivered from a small tributary resulting in differences in the reported contribution of a discrete mixed forest source. Overall D-MixSIAR model posterior distributions had lower (by ca 25-50%) uncertainty and quicker model run times. In both cases, the structured, deconvoluted output cohered more closely with field observations and local knowledge underpinning the need for closer attention to hierarchy in source and mixture terms in river basin source apportionment. Soil erosion and siltation challenge the energy-food-water-environment nexus. This new tool for source apportionment offers wider application across complex environmental systems affected by natural and human-induced change and the lessons learned are relevant to source apportionment applications in other disciplines. | |
dc.format.extent | 0-0 | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) | |
dc.subject | 0502 Environmental Science and Management | |
dc.subject | 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | |
dc.title | A deconvolutional Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30166587 | |
plymouth.issue | 1 | |
plymouth.volume | 8 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | Scientific Reports | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-018-30905-9 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Admin Group - REF | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Admin Group - REF/REF Admin Group - FoSE | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA14 Geography and Environmental Studies | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Researchers in ResearchFish submission | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-08-01 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2019-12-17 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.funder | European Commission | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Integrating isotopic techniques with Bayesian modelling for improved assessment and management of global sedimentation problems | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1038/s41598-018-30905-9 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2018-08-30 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | Integrating isotopic techniques with Bayesian modelling for improved assessment and management of global sedimentation problems::European Commission |