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Fei Q, Li W, Wang S, Zhou Z, Wang W, Li M. Risk and mechanisms of phosphorus release at the sediment-water interface of lakes in cold and arid regions during non-frozen seasons. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:23579-23590. [PMID: 38421544 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32704-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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In recent years, the eutrophication of lakes has accelerated in cold arid regions; the release of nutrients from sediments is an important contributor. The sequential extraction method, high-resolution peeper (HR-Peeper), and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) techniques were used to study the occurrence characteristics, release risk, and release mechanism of phosphorus (P) at the sediment-water interface (SWI) of Ulanor Wetland in the Hulun Lake Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. The mean total P concentration in overlying water was lower in August than that in May. Dissolved organic P (DOP) or particulate P (PP) was the main form of P in the overlying water. PP dominates in May and DOP in August. Refractory P was the main form of P in sediments. The concentrations of soluble reactive P and DGT-active P in the pore water of the sediment column were higher than those in the overlying water, and the concentrations were higher in August than those in May. Release of P in the wetland sediments occurred during the non-frozen seasons, with a higher risk in August than in May. The good linear correlation between dissolved P, Fe, and Mn in the DGT profiles verified their co-release due to the anaerobic reduction of Fe/Mn oxides. Moreover, alkaline sediments are also conducive to the release of sediment P. This study can provide data and theoretical support for eutrophication control in Ulanor Wetland and other similar water bodies in cold and arid regions.
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- Qi Fei
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
- State Environment Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing, 100012, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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Jin S, Lin J, Zhan Y. Immobilization of phosphorus in water-sediment system by iron-modified attapulgite, calcite, bentonite and dolomite under feed input condition: Efficiency, mechanism, application mode effect and response of microbial communities and iron mobilization. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 247:120777. [PMID: 37897994 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Four kinds of iron-based materials, i.e., iron-modified attapulgite, calcite, bentonite and dolomite (abbreviated as Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT and Fe-DOL, respectively) were prepared and used to immobilize the phosphorus in the system of overlying water (O-water) and sediment under the feed input condition, and their immobilization efficiencies and mechanisms were investigated. The influence of application mode on the immobilization of phosphorus in the water-sediment system by Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT and Fe-DOL was researched. The effects of Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT and Fe-DOL on the concentration of labile iron in the water-sediment system and the microbial communities in sediment were also studied. The results showed that the Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT and Fe-DOL addition all can effectively immobilize the soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), dissolved total phosphorus (DTP) and diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT)-labile phosphorus in O-water under the feed input condition, and also had the ability to inactivate the DGT-labile phosphorus in the top sediment. Although the change in the application mode from the one-time addition to the multiple addition reduced the inactivation efficiencies of SRP and DTP in O-water in the early period of application, it increased the immobilization efficiencies in the later period of application. Although Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT and Fe-DOL had a certain releasing risk of iron into the pore water, they had negligible risk of iron release into O-water. The addition of Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT or Fe-DOL reshaped the sediment bacterial community structure and can affect the microorganism-driven phosphorus cycle in the sediment. Results of this work suggest that Fe-ATP, Fe-CA, Fe-BT and Fe-DOL are promising phosphorus-inactivation materials to immobilize the phosphorus in the water-sediment system under the feed input condition.
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- Siyu Jin
- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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Jin Z, Liao P, Jaisi DP, Wang D, Wang J, Wang H, Jiang S, Yang J, Qiu S, Chen J. Suspended phosphorus sustains algal blooms in a dissolved phosphorus-depleted lake. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 241:120134. [PMID: 37262944 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The expansion of algal bloom in surface waters is a global problem in the freshwater ecosystem. Differential reactivity of organic phosphorus (Po) compounds from organic debris, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and sediment towards hydrolysis can dictate the extent of supply often limited inorganic P (Pi) for algal growth, thereby controlling the extent of bloom. Here, we combined solution P-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR), sequential extraction, enzymatic hydrolysis, and 16S rRNA measurements to characterize speciation and biogeochemical cycling of P in Lake Erhai, China. Lower ratios of diester-P/monoester-P in SPM in January (mean 0.09) and July (0.14) than that in April (0.29) reflected the higher degree of diester-P remineralization in cold and warm months. Both H2O-Pi and Po were significantly higher in SPM (mean 1580 mg ·kg-1 and 1618 mg ·kg-1) than those in sediment (mean 8 mg ·kg-1 and 387 mg ·kg-1). In addition, results from enzymatic hydrolysis experiments demonstrated that 61% Po in SPM and 58% in sediment in the H2O, NaHCO3, and NaOH extracts could be hydrolyzed. These results suggested that H2O-Pi and Po from SPM were the primarily bioavailable P sources for algae. Changes of Pi contents (particularly H2O-Pi) in algae and alkaline phosphatase activity (APA) during the observation periods were likely to be controlled by the strategies of P uptake and utilization of algae. P remobilization/remineralization from SPM likely resulted from algae and bacteria (e.g., Pseudomonas). Collectively, these results provide important insights that SPM P could sustain the algal blooms even if the dissolved P was depleted in the water column.
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- Zuxue Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
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Carol E, Galliari MJ, Santucci L, Nuñez F, Faleschini M. Assessment of groundwater-driven dissolved nutrient inputs to coastal wetlands associated with marsh-coastal lagoons systems of the littoral of the outer Río de la Plata estuary. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 885:163942. [PMID: 37149199 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In coastal wetlands the hydrological dynamics and in particular the groundwater flows play a critical role in the establishment of wetlands and in the transport of salts and nutrients. The aim of the work is to analyze the role that groundwater discharge has in the dynamics of the dissolved nutrients of the wetland associated with the coastal lagoon and marshes of the Punta Rasa Natural Reserve, which is located on the coastal sector of the southern end of the Río de la Plata estuary. A monitoring network in the form of transects was generated in order to define groundwater flows and take samples of dissolved species of N and P. The presence of sandy sediments with similar granulometric profiles in all geomorphological environments determines that the underground flow occurs in a homogeneous aquifer. From the dunes and beach ridges the fresh to brackish groundwater flows with a very low hydraulic gradient towards the marsh and coastal lagoon. The contributions of N and P would derive from the degradation of the organic matter of the environment, in the case of the marsh and coastal lagoon also from the tidal flow and discharge of groundwater, and possibly from atmospheric sources in the case of N. Since in all environments oxidizing conditions dominate, nitrification is the main process which is why the most abundant species of N is the NO3-. Under oxidizing conditions, P has a greater affinity for the sediments in which it is mostly retained, registering it in low concentrations in water. The discharge of groundwater from the dunes and beach ridges provides dissolved nutrients to the marsh and coastal lagoon. However, the low hydraulic gradient and the dominant oxidizing conditions determine that the flow is scarce and that it only acquires relevance in the contribution of NO3-.
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- E Carol
- Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CIG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina
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- Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
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Xiao K, Pan F, Li Y, Li Z, Li H, Guo Z, Wang X, Zheng C. Coastal aquaculture regulates phosphorus cycling in estuarine wetlands: Mobilization, kinetic resupply, and source-sink process. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 234:119832. [PMID: 36889088 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Estuarine mangrove wetlands have gradually declined owing to the growing construction of aquaculture ponds. How the speciation, transition, and migration of phosphorus (P) adaptively change in the sediments of this pond-wetland ecosystem remains unclear. In this study, we used high-resolution devices to explore the contrasting P behaviors associated with the redox cycles of Fe-Mn-S-As in estuarine and pond sediments. The results showed that the construction of aquaculture ponds increased the content or percentage of the silt, organic carbon, and P fractions in sediments. Dissolved organic P (DOP) concentrations in pore water were fluctuant with depths, accounting for only 18±15% and 20±11% of total dissolved P (TDP) in estuarine and pond sediment, respectively. Furthermore, DOP was less strongly correlated with other P species, including Fe, Mn, and sulfide. The coupling of dissolved reactive P (DRP) and TDP with Fe and sulfide confirmed that P mobility is regulated by Fe redox cycling in estuarine sediments, whereas Fe(III) reduction and sulfate reduction co-regulate P remobilization in pond sediments. The apparent diffusion flux revealed all sediments acting as sources for TDP (0.04-0.1 mg m-2 d-1) to the overlying water, while mangrove sediments were sources of DOP, and pond sediments were major sources of DRP. The DIFS model overestimated the P kinetic resupply ability, which was evaluated using DRP rather than TDP. This study improves our understanding of P cycling and budget in aquaculture pond-mangrove ecosystems and has important implications for understanding water eutrophication more effectively.
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- Kai Xiao
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Pan F, Xiao K, Cai Y, Li H, Guo Z, Wang X, Zheng Y, Zheng C, Bostick BC, Michael HA. Integrated effects of bioturbation, warming and sea-level rise on mobility of sulfide and metalloids in sediment porewater of mangrove wetlands. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 233:119788. [PMID: 36863280 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Global warming and sea-level rise exert profound impacts on coastal mangrove ecosystems, where widespread benthic crabs change sediment properties and regulate material cycles. How crab bioturbation perturbs the mobilities of bioavailable arsenic (As), antimony (Sb) and sulfide in sediment-water systems and their variability in response to temperature and sea-level rise is still unknown. By combining field monitoring and laboratory experiments, we found that As was mobilized under sulfidic conditions while Sb was mobilized under oxic conditions in mangrove sediments. Crab burrowing greatly enhanced oxidizing conditions, resulting in enhanced Sb mobilization and release but As sequestration by iron/manganese oxides. In control experiments with non-bioturbation, the more sulfidic conditions triggered the contrasting situation of As remobilization and release but Sb precipitation and burial. Moreover, the bioturbated sediments were highly heterogeneous for spatial distributions of labile sulfide, As and Sb as presented by 2-D high-resolution imaging and Moran's Index (patchy at the <1 cm scale). Warming stimulated stronger burrowing activities, which led to more oxic conditions and further Sb mobilization and As sequestration, whilst sea-level rise did the opposite via suppressing crab burrowing activity. This work highlights that global climate changes have the potential to significantly alter element cycles in coastal mangrove wetlands by regulating benthic bioturbation and redox chemistry.
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- Feng Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
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Hu M, Sardans J, Yan R, Wu H, Ni R, Peñuelas J, Tong C. Substantial increase in P release following conversion of coastal wetlands to aquaculture ponds from altered kinetic exchange and resupply capacity. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 230:119586. [PMID: 36638741 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The reclamation of wetlands and its subsequent conversion to aquaculture may alter regional nutrient (im)mobilization and cycling, although direct assessments of phosphorus (P) cycling and its budget balance following wetland conversion are currently scarce. Here, parallel field experiments were conducted to investigate and compare the availability and mobilization mechanisms of P from natural coastal wetlands and the adjacent converted aquaculture ponds based on high-resolution diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT) and dialysis (HR-Peeper) techniques and the DGT-induced fluxes in sediments (DIFS) model. The study found that the conversion of wetland to pond strongly reduced the sediment P pool by changing its forms and distribution. High-resolution data showed that concentrations of labile P and soluble reactive P across the sediment-water profiles were markedly enhanced by the converted aquaculture pond, although they exhibited large spatiotemporal heterogeneity. Moreover, the synchronous distribution of labile P, iron (Fe) and sulfur (S) across profiles in coastal wetlands indicated that the dissolution of Fe (III) oxyhydroxide-phosphate complexes coupled with sulfate reduction were the main mechanisms regulating sediment P mobilization in coastal areas. However, the converted aquaculture pond weakened or even reversed this dependence by decoupling the Fe-S-P reactions by changing the sediment structure and nutrient balance. Substantial increases in labile P, Fe and S fluxes in the pond suggested the conversion of wetland to aquaculture facilitated the internal release of P, Fe and S from sediment into water. The high resupply parameter (R) and desorption rate (k-1) combined with low response time (Tc) in the pond, as fitted by DIFS model, indicated the strong resupply capacity and fast kinetic exchange of sediment P across the sediment-water interface, which is consistent with the high P diffusion fluxes recorded in the pond. It was concluded that converted aquaculture ponds act as an important source of P release in coastal areas, potentially exacerbating water quality degradation and eutrophication. Specific initiatives and actions are therefore urgently needed to alleviate the internal P-loading during aquaculture.
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- Minjie Hu
- Key Laboratory of Humid Sub-tropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Wetland Ecosystem Research Station of Minjiang Estuary, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Fuzhou 350215, China.
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics (NAAM)-Research Group, Department of Mathematics. Faculty of Science. King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80257, Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Humid Sub-tropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Wetland Ecosystem Research Station of Minjiang Estuary, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Fuzhou 350215, China.
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Saha A, Vijaykumar ME, Das BK, Samanta S, Khan MF, Kayal T, Jana C, Chowdhury AR. Geochemical distribution and forms of phosphorus in the surface sediment of Netravathi-Gurupur estuary, southwestern coast of India. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 187:114543. [PMID: 36640498 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Estuaries are the most productive transition ecosystem and phosphorus (P) plays an important role in these ecosystems. Therefore, in the present study, sequential extraction method was used to determine the abundance of five sediment P fractions (calcium (Ca-P), Iron (FeP), aluminum (AlP), exchangeable (Ex-P) and organic (OrgP) bound P) in Netravathi-Gurupur estuary, India. Total phosphorus (TP) content varied from 435-810 mg/kg (non-monsoon) and 258-699 mg/kg (monsoon). Inorganic P was dominant part. Different P fractions followed similar order (Fe-P > Ca-P > Al-P > Org-P > Ex-P) with respect to seasons. FeP was dominant fraction, indicating probable anthropogenic stress. Sediment may act as source of P as bioavailable P constituted 40-69.2 % of TP. Molar ratio of OC to Org-P in sediment indicated terrestrial sources of organic matter. However, the estimated phosphorus pollution index were lower than one except a few cases indicating less ecological risk with respect to sedimentary TP load.
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- Ajoy Saha
- ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India.
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- Regional Centre of ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore 560 089, India
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- ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
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- ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
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- Regional Centre of ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bangalore 560 089, India
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- ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
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- ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
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Zhang X, Wang B, Pan F, Cai Y, Wu X, Liu H, Guo Z. Potential pollution assessment of labile trace metals in Xixi River estuary sediments in Xiamen, China. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2022; 250:104055. [PMID: 35917655 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The release of trace metals caused by industrial effluents and anthropogenic activities has been recorded in the Xixi River estuary, southern China. However, a thorough understanding of the behavior of trace heavy metals in Xixi River sediments is lacking. A total of 12 sediment cores were collected in June and December in the upper estuary section and mouth of the estuary. Here, an in situ high-resolution sampling technique, namely, diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT), was employed to acquire profiles of trace element concentrations and the release of bioavailable metals from sediments in different seasons. A three-step Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) sequential extraction method was used to explore the chemical speciation of trace metals in different seasons and to thereby assess the release potential of trace elements in sediments. The BCR sequential extraction results showed that the trace metals Fe, Mn, Co and Pb were mainly in the residual fraction, which rarely influences living organisms. The total mobile fractions (F1 + F2 + F3) of all trace metals were higher in winter than in summer, suggesting that accumulation occurred from summer to winter. DGT measurements showed that the intensity of sulfate reduction was higher in summer than in winter because of the high temperatures and high organic matter in summer. The intensity of sulfate and Mn(III/IV) reduction increased from the upper estuary section to the lower estuary. Fe(III) reduction decreased in summer but increased slowly in winter. The Pearson correlation results showed that the release of DGT-labile Co in pore water was related to Mn(III/IV) reduction, while the release of DGT-labile Pb was basically not controlled by the Fe-Mn-S redox transition. Abnormally high DGT-labile Pb concentrations were observed at the sampling station (XR3) closest to the estuary in winter, which might have been caused by the high Pb content in the local micro-sediments.
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- Xiaoting Zhang
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China.
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China.
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Liang Q, Chen T, Wang Y, Gao L, Hou L. Seasonal variation in release characteristics and mechanisms of sediment phosphorus to the overlying water in a free water surface wetland, southwest China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 308:119612. [PMID: 35700881 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Geochemical cycling of iron (Fe) mediated by sediment microbes drives the remobilization of phosphorus (P). Understanding the underlying mechanism is essential for the evaluation of P retention by wetlands. The diffusive gradients in thin film (DGT) and 16S rDNA sequencing techniques were combined to explore seasonal variations in the remobilization mechanism of sediment P in a free water surface wetland in southwest China. A significantly positive correlation between labile P and Fe concentrations was found from the sediment profiles, indicating coupled remobilization of Fe and P in the sediment. Fe-reducing bacterial genera, particularly Sphingomonas and Geothermobacter, were responsible for the reductive dissolution of Fe oxides and subsequent P release in sediment. The efflux of sediment P was higher in the rainy season (95 ± 87 ng cm-2 d-1) than in the dry season (39 ± 29 ng cm-2 d-1). Based on the significantly positive relationship between the efflux and total concentration of sediment P, we propose a promising regression equation for quantifying the release risk of sediment P. The Luoshijiang Wetland exhibited a higher release potential as indicated by a greater regression slope (0.558) compared to the other water bodies (0.055), which was mainly attributed to the lower labile Fe:P molar ratio in the sediment. Based on estimations of the diffusive flux of P at the sediment-water interface, sediment contributed more than 172 and 413 g of P per day to the water column in the dry and rainy seasons, respectively, accounting for 14.0% and 1.9% of the P mass in the surface water of the wetland.
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- Qibin Liang
- College of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China.
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Hu M, Sardans J, Le Y, Yan R, Zhong Y, Huang J, Peñuelas J, Tong C. Biogeochemical behavior of P in the soil and porewater of a low-salinity estuarine wetland: Availability, diffusion kinetics, and mobilization mechanism. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 219:118617. [PMID: 35605392 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Estuarine wetlands, which typically store large amounts of phosphorus (P), are experiencing increased salinity as well as changed environmental factors caused by rising sea levels. In this study, the seasonal dynamics of P speciation, availability, and biogeochemical couplings with iron (Fe)-sulfur (S) in soil and porewater were measured in a low-salinity estuarine wetland using in situ high-resolution diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and dialysis (HR-Peeper) techniques. The diffusion kinetics and resupply capacity of P from the soil phase to solution were simulated using a DGT-induced fluxes in soils (DIFS) model. The transition from freshwater to brackish wetlands reduced soil P pools and shifted to more recalcitrant speciation. The concentration of DGT-labile P across the soil-water profiles ranged from 0.002 to 0.039 (mean: 0.015) mg L-1, which increased with increasing salinity in both the field and mesocosm experiments. The distributions of labile and soluble P showed high heterogeneity across the profiles, and there were some sharp peak values below the soil-water interface (SWI), which significantly increased the concentration and lability of P. The strong coupling between labile P and Fe (S) provided direct evidence for the coexistence of iron reduction (IR) and sulfate reduction (SR) in the estuary, while IR might predominate in P mobilization in the brackish environment because of higher labile Fe concentrations and stronger Fe-P couplings. The diffusion fluxes of P were positive at both sites, demonstrating that the kinetics of P were from the soils to the overlying water. Higher R and k-1 values fitted in the DIFS model implied that a stronger resupply capacity and desorption rate and thus faster remobilization kinetics of P occurred with increasing salinity. Our findings indicated that increased salinity (even at low levels) can alter the desorption rate and resupply capacity of soil P in estuarine wetlands and accelerate P remobilization and release by regulating the IR and SR processes, thereby leading to the deterioration of water quality.
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- Minjie Hu
- Key Laboratory of Humid Sub-tropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Humid Sub-tropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Humid Sub-tropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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Liu W, Lu G, Wang WX. In situ high-resolution two-dimensional profiles of redox sensitive metal mobility in sediment-water interface and porewater from estuarine sediments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 820:153034. [PMID: 35065125 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metals in contaminated sediments may present high environmental risks and ecological threats to benthic organisms. Redox sensitive elements with different oxidation states show variations in solubility as a function of redox status of the sediment water environment. The novel high-resolution ZrO-Chelex-AgI diffusive gradients in thin film (HR-ZCA DGT) technique provided sensitive in situ mapping of metals in the estuarine sediments. The present study investigated the sub-millimeter two-dimensional distributions of DGT-labile S(-II), P(V), and six redox sensitive metals (Fe, Mn, V, Cu, Ni, and Zn) across sediment-water interface (SWI) severely influenced by anthropogenic activity. We for the first time used the V-turning value (the V/Fe ratios at ~0.03) to accurately identify the actual SWI. The diffusion boundary layer (DBL) thickness of Ni, Cu and Zn was consistent with those identified by the dissolved oxygen microelectrode method, and was 3-6 mm above the SWI. No significant release of dissolved Fe and P from sediments into the overlying water was found by diffusion process. The estimated fluxes (Fdif) of Ni, Cu, and Zn at DBL were 4.0-176, -1.1-235, and 5.0-108 μg m-2 d-1, respectively, and were significantly higher in sediments near the industrial effluent dumping sites than those in sediments impacted by domestic wastewater releases. Metal diffusion flux was mainly controlled by the particulate matter on the surface sediment and organic degradation. Traditional diffusion flux may have underestimated the flux of metals from the surface sediments. The discharge of hypoxic tributary was an important source of metal pollution in the contaminated estuarine sediments.
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- Wei Liu
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China; Research Center for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 51807, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China; Research Center for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 51807, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China; Research Center for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 51807, China; School of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Wang X, Zhi Y, Chen Y, Shen N, Wang G, Yan Y. Realignment of phosphorus in lake sediment induced by sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFC). CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 291:132927. [PMID: 34793847 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Evidence has shown that phosphorus (P) deposited in sediments over multiple decades can be released by microbial activities, leading to recurring harmful algal blooms in several lakes. Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFC) have been identified as an alternative in-situ approach for limiting P release from sediments to overlying water. However, the effects of SMFC on the micro-environment (pH) in vicinity of the electrodes, which could impact the P distribution, have often been ignored. This study successfully established SMFC systems to investigate their influence on P species and spatial distributions in lake sediments. The results showed that pH was relatively stable in the control group (6.8), while in the SMFC group the pH ranged from 4.63 to 8.26 along the sediment-water profile, suggesting that pH was highly affected by the SMFC system. The overlying water P concentration was much lower in the SMFC group (0.05 mg/L) than the control group (0.14 mg/L). However, P concentration in the sediment pore water of the SMFC group increased from 0.018 to 1.090 mg/L with depth. P fractions in the upper 4 cm of the sediments were highly affected by SMFC operation, but P fractions (i.e., NH4Cl-P, BD-P, and OP) in the SMFC group were not significantly correlated with SRP (p > 0.05). There was a strong correlation between the soluble reactive P (SRP) in pore water and pH (r = -0.930, p < 0.01), suggesting that SRP in pore water was significantly affected by the pH decrease induced by SMFC.
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- Xuan Wang
- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China; Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-remediation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China; Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-remediation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Biotransformation of Organic Solid Waste, Shanghai, China.
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China; Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-remediation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Liu N, Chen W, Lin J, Zhan Y. Contrasting effect of zirconium-, iron-, and zirconium/iron-modified attapulgites capping and amendment on phosphorus mobilization in sediment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:18508-18526. [PMID: 34689275 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16979-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this research, the sorption characteristics and mechanism of phosphate on zirconium-modified attapulgite (Zr-ATP), iron-modified attapulgite (Fe-ATP), and zirconium/iron co-modified attapulgite (Zr/Fe-ATP) prepared by a simple impregnation method were studied, and the impacts of Zr-ATP, Fe-ATP, and Zr/Fe-ATP amendment and capping on the migration of phosphorus (P) from sediments to overlying waters were investigated. The results showed that Zr-ATP and Zr/Fe-ATP possessed stronger adsorption ability for phosphate in aqueous solution than Fe-ATP. The ligand replacement of the hydroxyl group with the phosphate anion to form the inner-sphere phosphate complex played a crucial role in the adsorption process of phosphate on Zr-ATP, Fe-ATP, and Zr/Fe-ATP. Most of the phosphate ions bound by Zr-ATP and Zr/Fe-ATP were in the form of caustic soda solution-extractable inorganic P (NaOH-IP) and residual P (Res-P), and it is hard for these P species to be re-released into water under the circumstances of reducing environment and normal pH (5-9). The ratio of mobile P to total P of Fe-ATP loaded with phosphate was much higher than those of Zr-ATP and Zr/Fe-ATP loaded with phosphate, indicating that Fe-ATP-bound phosphate has a higher re-releasing risk than Zr-ATP-bound and Zr/Fe-ATP-bound phosphate. Zr-ATP, Fe-ATP, and Zr/Fe-ATP amendment all can reduce the releasing risk of P from sediments to overlying waters. The amendment of sediment with Zr-ATP and Zr/Fe-ATP can both induce the conversion of redox-sensitive P (BD-P) to NaOH-IP and Res-P in the sediment, making the phosphorus in the sediment more stable. However, the amendment of sediment with Fe-ATP can only induce the conversion of HCl-P to NaOH-IP in the sediment and had a negligible effect on the inorganic P activity in the sediment. Zr-ATP, Fe-ATP, and Zr/Fe-ATP capping all can reduce the risk of P release from sediment into the overlying water, and Zr-ATP and Zr/Fe-ATP capping had a better reduction efficiency of internal P liberation to the overlying water than Fe-ATP capping. Zr-ATP, Fe-ATP, and Zr/Fe-ATP capping all can give rise to the reduction of pore water SRP and diffusive gradient in thin-film (DGT)-labile P in the upper sediment. This is beneficial to the control of P releasing from sediment into the overlying water by the Zr-ATP, Fe-ATP, and Zr/Fe-ATP capping. The findings of this work suggest that Zr-ATP and Zr/Fe-ATP are promising active capping or amendment materials for internal P loading management in surface water bodies.
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- Niuniu Liu
- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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Cai Y, Wang B, Pan F, Fu Y, Guo W, Guo Z, Liu H. Effects of manganese, iron and sulfur geochemistry on arsenic migration in the estuarine sediment of a small river in Xiamen, Southeast China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 293:118570. [PMID: 34843857 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The geochemistry of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and sulfur (S) and their effects on arsenic (As) mobility in the mudflats of small river estuaries remain unclear. Here, diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT) and high-resolution dialysis (HR-Peeper) techniques combined with a sequential extraction procedure (BCR) were employed to investigate As, Fe, Mn and S geochemistry in the mudflat of the Jiuxi River estuary, Southeast China. Grain size analysis indicated that fine-grained particles were likely to be deposited in the estuarine intertidal zone and coastal area. DGT and HR-Peeper results revealed that in the estuary and coastal area, the dissolved As in sediment in summer was controlled by Mn geochemistry, which includes not only the release of As through Mn/Fe reduction but also the stabilization of dissolved As in pore water. This stabilization of dissolved As may due to the formation of As-Mn-OM complexes. In winter, the significant positive correlations between DGT-Fe, DGT-Mn, DGT-As and DGT-S indicated that sulfate reduction was the start of As mobilization in sediment in winter. In both the estuary and the coastal area, the easily reducible Fe, Mn and As contents in intertidal sediment were higher than those in the subtidal zone. Combined with the As flux across the sediment-overlying water interface (SWI), these phenomena suggested that As in subtidal sediment diffused into overlying water and that As in overlying water tended to accumulate in the intertidal sediment. The total organic carbon content (TOC) and DGT results in the lower reach, estuary and coastal areas indicated that organic matter is the controlling factor of Fe/Mn reduction, sulfate reduction and As mobilization. The BCR test results showed higher reactive fraction contents of Fe, Mn and As in winter sediment, which threaten the overlying water quality.
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- Yu Cai
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China
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- College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, PR China.
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Grenz C, Rodier M, Seceh C, Varillon D, Haumani G, Pinazo C. Benthic nutrients and oxygen fluxes at the water sediment interface in a pearl farming atoll (Ahe, Tuamotu, French Polynesia). MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 173:112963. [PMID: 34563960 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Benthic exchanges of oxygen and nutrient at the sediment-water interface were investigated under light and dark conditions at 5 selected sites in a sub-tropical atoll. Mean oxygen fluxes were - 1316.5 ± 242.0 μmol m-2 h-1 and mean effluxes of oxygen under light conditions were 2231.7 ± 626.4 μmol m-2 h-1, presumably due to microphytobenthos present at the sediment-water interface. The consequences of this high related productivity was a systematic consumption of nutrients (DIN, PO4 and Si(OH)4) during almost all light incubations, contrasting with the effluxes of nutrients during dark incubations. Our results suggest that the sediments were net autotrophic and the oxygen balance in favor of microbenthic production when compared to community demand. Diurnal rates of gross benthic primary productivity were high (3423 ± 1192 μmol m-2 h-1) which emphasize the role of microphytobenthos in maintaining the oxygen reservoir in tropical lagoons.
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- Christian Grenz
- Aix-Marseille Université, Université Toulon, CNRS/INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography MIO UM 110, Marseille, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Université Toulon, CNRS/INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography MIO UM 110, Marseille, France; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 241 EIO (Université de la Polynésie française, IRD, ILM, Ifremer), B.P. 6570, 98702 Faa'a, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Université Toulon, CNRS/INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography MIO UM 110, Marseille, France.
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, US 191 IMAGO, BP A5, 98848 Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia.
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- Direction des Ressources Marines, Antenne de Takapoto, BP 20, 98713 Papeete, French Polynesia
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Université Toulon, CNRS/INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography MIO UM 110, Marseille, France.
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Pan F, Guo Z, Cai Y, Fu Y, Wu X, Liu H, Wang X. Remobilization and hypoxia-dependent migration of phosphorus at the coastal sediment-water interface. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 411:125078. [PMID: 33486231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sediment internal phosphorus (P) loading can be tightly associated with overlying water hypoxia. However, the effects of long-term seasonal hypoxia on the geochemical transition of P in P-poor coastal sediment and how this transition is linked to the early diagenesis of iron (Fe), sulfur (S) and carbon are still poorly understood. Here, we conducted a one-year monthly field investigation to study the (im)mobilization and migration of P among coastal sediment, porewater and overlying water. The coherent distribution of soluble Fe and mobile P and decoupled distribution of labile S (soluble sulfide) and mobile P in the depth profiles indicate that the redox cycling of Fe (but not S) dominates P mobility. Nevertheless, the monthly variation in the porewater soluble reactive P (SRP) presented significant positive correlations with that of the overlying water SRP. This finding highlights that hypoxia-fueled SRP migration from overlying water rather than weak diagenetic P mobilization due to deficient organic matter and solid labile P is the crucial factor responsible for internal P mobility over long time scales. Although SRP tends to migrate from overlying water to porewater, the potential risk of sediment labile P remobilization and reliberation to the overlying water is considerable.
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- Feng Pan
- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China.
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China.
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China.
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- College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, PR China
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Yang B, Gao X, Zhao J, Liu Y, Gao T, Lui HK, Huang TH, Chen CTA, Xing Q. The influence of summer hypoxia on sedimentary phosphorus biogeochemistry in a coastal scallop farming area, North Yellow Sea. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 759:143486. [PMID: 33250257 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In situ field investigations coupled with laboratory incubations were employed to explore the surface sedimentary phosphorus (P) cycle in a mariculture area adjacent to the Yangma Island suffering from summer hypoxia in the North Yellow Sea. Five forms of P were fractionated, namely exchangeable P (Ex-P), iron-bound P (FeP), authigenic apatite (CaP), detrital P (De-P) and organic P (OP). Total P (TP) varied from 13.42 to 23.88 μmol g-1 with the main form of inorganic P (IP). The benthic phosphate (DIP) fluxes were calculated based on incubation experiments. The results show that the sediment was an important source of P in summer with ~39% of the bioavailable P (BioP) recycled back into the water column. However, the sediment acted a sink of P in autumn. The benthic DIP fluxes were mainly controlled by the remobilizing of FeP, Ex-P and OP under contrasting redox conditions. In August (hypoxia season), ~0.92 μmol g-1 of FeP and ~0.52 μmol g-1 of OP could be transformed to DIP and released into water, while ~0.36 μmol g-1 of DIP was adsorbed to clay minerals. In November (non-hypoxia season), however, ~0.54 μmol g-1 of OP was converted into DIP, while ~0.55 μmol g-1 and ~0.28 μmol g-1 of DIP was adsorbed to clay minerals and bind to iron oxides. Furthermore, scallop farming activities also affected the P mobilization through biological deposition and reduced hydrodynamic conditions. The burial fluxes of P varied from 11.67 to 20.78 μmol cm-2 yr-1 and its burial efficiency was 84.7-100%, which was consistent with that in most of the marginal seas worldwide. This study reveals that hypoxia and scallop farming activities can significantly promote sedimentary P mobility, thereby causing high benthic DIP flux in coastal waters.
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- Bo Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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Moncelon R, Gouazé M, Pineau P, Bénéteau E, Bréret M, Philippine O, Robin FX, Dupuy C, Metzger E. Coupling between sediment biogeochemistry and phytoplankton development in a temperate freshwater marsh (Charente-Maritime, France): Evidence of temporal pattern. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 189:116567. [PMID: 33161327 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In freshwater systems, sediment can be an important source for the internal loading of PO4. The limiting character of this element in such system leads to consider this phenomenon in terms of eutrophication risks and water quality stakes. A four-months follow-up (January, March, April and May 2019) was carried out in a strong phosphate (PO4) limited secondary channel from an artificial irrigation system of Charente Maritime (France) to link the mobilization of remineralization products in the upper 6 cm layer of sediment (conventional core slicing/centrifugation and DET probes) and the phytoplankton biomass dynamics in the water column. Results showed congruent patterns between the temporal succession of the organic matter mineralization processes in the sediment and the primary biomass dynamics in the water column. In January and March (considered in winter), PO4 proved to be retained by adsorption onto iron oxides in anoxic sediment since pore water nitrate inhibited for about a month the respiration of metal oxides in the first cm of sediment, thus limiting PO4 availability and the phytoplankton growth. In April and May (early spring), after exhaustion of pore water nitrate, the dissolutive reduction of iron oxides released PO4 into pore water generated a significant diffusive outgoing flux from the sediment to the water column with a maximum in April (-1.10E-04±2.81E-05 nmol cm-2 s-1). This release coincided with the nanophytoplankton bloom (5.50 µg Chla L-1) and a potential increase of PO4 concentration in the water column. This work provides some insight on the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling in anthropogenic systems. This conceptual model has to be deployed on other sites of interest where internal loading of P takes precedence over external inputs and nitrate mitigation drives its benthic recycling and ultimately its bioavailability. This is to be essential to characterize the aquatic environment quality in order to limit eutrophication risks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Raphaël Moncelon
- Laboratoire LIENSs, UMR 6250, La Rochelle Université, Bâtiment ILE, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, La Rochelle, France.
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- Laboratoire LIENSs, UMR 6250, La Rochelle Université, Bâtiment ILE, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, La Rochelle, France
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- Laboratoire LIENSs, UMR 6250, La Rochelle Université, Bâtiment ILE, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, La Rochelle, France
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- LPG-BIAF, Bio-Indicateurs Actuels et Fossiles, UMR CNRS 6112, Université d'Angers, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire LIENSs, UMR 6250, La Rochelle Université, Bâtiment ILE, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, La Rochelle, France
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- Laboratoire LIENSs, UMR 6250, La Rochelle Université, Bâtiment ILE, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, La Rochelle, France
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- LPG-BIAF, Bio-Indicateurs Actuels et Fossiles, UMR CNRS 6112, Université d'Angers, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France
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