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Pearson AR, Fox BRS, Hellstrom JC, Vandergoes MJ, Breitenbach SFM, Drysdale RN, Höpker SN, Wood CT, Schiller M, Hartland A. Warming drives dissolved organic carbon export from pristine alpine soils. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3522. [PMID: 38664386 PMCID: PMC11045798 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47706-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Despite decades of research, the influence of climate on the export of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from soil remains poorly constrained, adding uncertainty to global carbon models. The limited temporal range of contemporary monitoring data, ongoing climate reorganisation and confounding anthropogenic activities muddy the waters further. Here, we reconstruct DOC leaching over the last ~14,000 years using alpine environmental archives (two speleothems and one lake sediment core) across 4° of latitude from Te Waipounamu/South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. We selected broadly comparable palaeoenvironmental archives in mountainous catchments, free of anthropogenically-induced landscape changes prior to ~1200 C.E. We show that warmer temperatures resulted in increased allochthonous DOC export through the Holocene, most notably during the Holocene Climatic Optimum (HCO), which was some 1.5-2.5 °C warmer than the late pre-industrial period-then decreased during the cooler mid-Holocene. We propose that temperature exerted the key control on the observed doubling to tripling of soil DOC export during the HCO, presumably via temperature-mediated changes in vegetative soil C inputs and microbial degradation rates. Future warming may accelerate DOC export from mountainous catchments, with implications for the global carbon cycle and water quality.
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- Andrew R Pearson
- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
- Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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- Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand
- GNS Science, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt, Aotearoa, New Zealand
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- Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
- Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura, Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Perera GN, Rojas DT, Rivas A, Barkle G, Moorhead B, Schipper LA, Craggs R, Hartland A. Elucidating phosphorus removal dynamics in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor. Sci Total Environ 2024; 917:170478. [PMID: 38301780 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Denitrifying woodchip bioreactors (DBRs) are an established nitrate mitigation technology, but uncertainty remains on their viability for phosphorus (P) removal due to inconsistent source-sink behaviour in field trials. We investigated whether iron (Fe) redox cycling could be the missing link needed to explain P dynamics in these systems. A pilot-scale DBR (Aotearoa New Zealand) was monitored for the first two drainage seasons (2017-2018), with supplemental in-field measurements of reduced solutes (Fe2+, HS-/H2S) and their conjugate oxidised species (Fe3+/SO42-) made in 2021 to constrain within-reactor redox gradients. Consistent with thermodynamics, the dissolution of Fe3+(s) to Fe2+(aq) within the DBR sequentially followed O2, NO3- and MnO2(s) reduction, but occurred before SO42- reduction. Monitoring of inlet and outlet chemistry revealed tight coupling between Fe and P (inlet R2 0.94, outlet R2 0.85), but distinct dynamics between drainage seasons. In season one, outlet P exceeded inlet P (net P source), and coincided with elevated outlet Fe2+, but at ⁓50 % lower P concentrations relative to inlet Fe:P ratios. In season 2 the reactor became a net P sink, coinciding with declining outlet Fe2+ concentrations (indicating exhaustion of Fe3+(s) hydroxides and associated P). In order to characterize P removal under varying source dynamics (i.e. inflows vs in-situ P releases), we used the inlet Fe vs P relationship to estimate P binding to colloidal Fe (hydr)oxide surfaces under oxic conditions, and the outlet Fe2+ concentration to estimate in-situ P releases associated with Fe (hydr)oxide reduction. Inferred P-removal rates were highest early in season 1 (k = 0.60 g P m3 d-1; 75-100 % removal), declining significantly thereafter (k = 0.01 ± 0.02 g P m3 d-1; ca. 3-67 % removal). These calculations suggest that microbiological P removal in DBRs can occur at comparable magnitudes to nitrate removal by denitrification, depending mainly on P availability and hydraulic retention efficiency.
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- Gimhani N Perera
- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikirioa Hamilton, New Zealand; National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), PO Box 11115, Kirikirioa Hamilton 3251, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikirioa Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura, Kirikirioa Hamilton 3214, New Zealand
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- Land and Water Research Ltd, Kirikirioa Hamilton 3217, New Zealand
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- Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura, Kirikirioa Hamilton 3214, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikirioa Hamilton, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), PO Box 11115, Kirikirioa Hamilton 3251, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Kirikirioa Hamilton, New Zealand; Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura, Kirikirioa Hamilton 3214, New Zealand.
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Saccò M, Mammola S, Altermatt F, Alther R, Bolpagni R, Brancelj A, Brankovits D, Fišer C, Gerovasileiou V, Griebler C, Guareschi S, Hose GC, Korbel K, Lictevout E, Malard F, Martínez A, Niemiller ML, Robertson A, Tanalgo KC, Bichuette ME, Borko Š, Brad T, Campbell MA, Cardoso P, Celico F, Cooper SJB, Culver D, Di Lorenzo T, Galassi DMP, Guzik MT, Hartland A, Humphreys WF, Ferreira RL, Lunghi E, Nizzoli D, Perina G, Raghavan R, Richards Z, Reboleira ASPS, Rohde MM, Fernández DS, Schmidt SI, van der Heyde M, Weaver L, White NE, Zagmajster M, Hogg I, Ruhi A, Gagnon MM, Allentoft ME, Reinecke R. Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem. Glob Chang Biol 2024; 30:e17066. [PMID: 38273563 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
Abstract
Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater resource, in a period of depletion by extraction and pollution, groundwater environments have been repeatedly overlooked in global biodiversity conservation agendas. Disregarding the importance of groundwater as an ecosystem ignores its critical role in preserving surface biomes. To foster timely global conservation of groundwater, we propose elevating the concept of keystone species into the realm of ecosystems, claiming groundwater as a keystone ecosystem that influences the integrity of many dependent ecosystems. Our global analysis shows that over half of land surface areas (52.6%) has a medium-to-high interaction with groundwater, reaching up to 74.9% when deserts and high mountains are excluded. We postulate that the intrinsic transboundary features of groundwater are critical for shifting perspectives towards more holistic approaches in aquatic ecology and beyond. Furthermore, we propose eight key themes to develop a science-policy integrated groundwater conservation agenda. Given ecosystems above and below the ground intersect at many levels, considering groundwater as an essential component of planetary health is pivotal to reduce biodiversity loss and buffer against climate change.
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- Mattia Saccò
- Subterranean Research and Groundwater Ecology (SuRGE) Group, Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy
- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department for Environmental Science, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy
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- SubBio Lab, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Environment, Department of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece
- Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Thalassocosmos, Institute of Marine Biology, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Functional & Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Estación Biologica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- International Groundwater Resources Assessment Center (IGRAC), Delft, The Netherlands
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, Univ Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, Roehampton University, London, UK
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- Ecology and Conservation Research Laboratory (Eco/Con Lab), Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cotabato, Philippines
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- Laboratory of Subterranean Studies (LES), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- SubBio Lab, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences and Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, DC, USA
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- National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems of the National Research Council of Italy (IRET CNR), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences (MESVA), University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura, Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences (MESVA), University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Subterranean Research and Groundwater Ecology (SuRGE) Group, Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India
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- Coral Conservation and Research Group, Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rohde Environmental Consulting, LLC, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Graduate Program in Environmental Science, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Lake Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Subterranean Research and Groundwater Ecology (SuRGE) Group, Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Water & Environment Group, Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Subterranean Research and Groundwater Ecology (SuRGE) Group, Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- SubBio Lab, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Trace and Environmental DNA (TrEnD) Lab, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Warken SF, Kuchalski L, Schröder-Ritzrau A, Vieten R, Schmidt M, Höpker SN, Hartland A, Spötl C, Scholz D, Frank N. The impact of seasonal and event-based infiltration on transition metals (Cu, Ni, Co) in tropical cave drip water. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2022; 36:e9278. [PMID: 35191103 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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RATIONALE The first-row transition metals Cu, Ni, and Co show a strong binding affinity to natural organic matter. Compared to dissolved elements and stable water isotopes, they may be transported rapidly through the soil and host rock into caves in response to infiltration events. This study aims to assess the potential of transition metal ratios as indicators for infiltration changes in response to the seasonal and/or event-based rainfall variation. METHODS We developed a protocol to analyze Cu, Ni, and Co in the cave drip water using collision cell ICP-QMS without extensive sample pretreatment. The high Ca matrix leads to significant isobaric interferences on all isotope masses. Our method includes a correction of these matrix effects and yields results with comparable accuracy and reproducibility to other published methods. We applied this protocol to drip water samples from Larga Cave (Puerto Rico) covering at least two full annual cycles between 2014 and 2019 on a bimonthly scale. RESULTS The analysis of external reference materials yielded a reproducibility between 4.7% and 9.2% (relative standard deviation), validating the accuracy of the matrix correction method. The limit of detection is <0.04 ppb for Cu, <0.02 ppb for Ni, and <0.008 ppb for Co. The analysis of drip water samples from Larga Cave reveals pronounced changes of several orders of magnitude in all Element (El) to Ca, Cu/Ni, and Cu/Co ratios in response to seasonal infiltration changes. In addition, we observe a partly even stronger response after major tropical storms and heavy precipitation events of the period of record, for example, tropical storm "Bertha" (2014) and the category 5 hurricanes "Irma" and "Maria" (both 2017). CONCLUSIONS Transition metal ratios can be accurately measured in cave drip waters with high Ca matrix. At our tropical site, these are promising tracers of infiltration changes in response to changes in the amount of rainfall, providing the first step toward tropical cyclone reconstruction using trace elements in speleothems.
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- Sophie F Warken
- Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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- Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Geosciences, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Corbett TDW, Hartland A, Henderson W, Rys GJ, Schipper LA. Toward In-Field Determination of Nitrate Concentrations Via Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films-Incorporation of Reductants and Color Reagents. ACS Omega 2022; 7:10864-10876. [PMID: 35415374 PMCID: PMC8991909 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) have been established as useful tools for the determination of nitrate, phosphate, trace metals, and organic concentrations. General use of DGTs, however, is limited by the subsequent requirement for laboratory analysis. To increase the uptake of DGT as a tool for routine monitoring by nonspecialists, not researchers alone, methods for in-field analysis are required. Incorporation of color reagents into the binding layer, or as the binding layer, could enable the easy and accurate determination of analyte concentrations in-field. Here, we sought to develop a chitosan-stabilized silver nanoparticle (AuNP) suspension liquid-binding layer which developed color on exposure to nitrite, combined with an Fe(0)-impregnated poly-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid/acrylamide copolymer hydrogel [Fe(0)-p(AMPS/AMA)] for the reduction of nitrate. The AuNP-chitosan suspension was housed in a 3D designed and printed DGT base, with a volume of 2 mL, for use with the standard DGT solution probe caps. A dialysis membrane with a molecular weight cutoff of <15 kDa was used, as part of the material diffusion layer, to ensure that the AuNP-chitosan did not diffuse through to the bulk solution. This synthesized AuNP-chitosan provided quantitative nitrite concentrations (0 to 1000 mg L-1) and masses (145 μg) in laboratory-based color development studies. An Fe(III)-impregnated poly-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid/acrylamide copolymer hydrogel [Fe(III)-p(AMPS/AMA)] was developed (10% AMPS, and 90% AMA), which was treated with NaBH4 to form an Fe(0)-p(AMPS/AMA) hydrogel. The Fe(0)-p(AMPS/AMA) hydrogel quantitatively reduced nitrate to nitrite. The total nitrite mass produced was ∼110 μg, from nitrate. The diffusional characteristics of nitrite and nitrate through the Fe(III)-p(AMPS/AMA) and dialysis membrane were 1.40 × 10-5 and 1.40 × 10-5 and 5.05 × 10-6 and 5.15 × 10-6 cm2 s-1 at 25 °C respectively. The Fe(0)-hydrogel and AuNP-chitosan suspension operated successfully in laboratory tests individually; however, the combined AuNP-chitosan suspension and Fe(0)-hydrogel DGT did not provide quantitative nitrate concentrations. Further research is required to improve the reaction rate of the AuNP-chitosan nitrite-binding layer, to meet the requirement of rapid binding to operate as a DGT.
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- Thomas D. W. Corbett
- Environmental
Research Institute, University of Waikato Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- Environmental
Research Institute, University of Waikato Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- University
of Waikato Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- Ministry
for Primary Industries, Charles Ferguson Building, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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- Environmental
Research Institute, University of Waikato Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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Corbett T, Hartland A, Henderson W, Rys G, Schipper LA. The temperature and flow dependence of nitrate concentration and load estimates based on diffusive gradients in thin films. J Environ Qual 2022; 51:250-259. [PMID: 34993967 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Concentrations determined using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) have been used to derive time-averaged loads in streams and rivers. However, DGT provide time-weighted average concentrations that assume the independence of concentration and flow. Additionally, dynamic and coordinated changes in temperature, flow, and concentration are potential sources of bias in concentration and load calculations. We modeled scenarios in which temperature and flow were correlated to varying degrees with concentration and evaluated the consequences for DGT concentration and load calculations. As the correlation between solution flow and concentration moved toward 1 and -1, the load determined by DGT either overestimated or underestimated the actual load by as much as 30%. In DGT-based load estimates, the degree of potential bias should be assessed, and the concentration-flow relation should be characterized. As the correlation of analyte concentration and temperature approached 1 and -1, the deviation of the concentration determined by DGT from the actual concentration increased. In most cases, this bias was < 2%; however, if the changes in concentration and temperature were large (∼10 mg L-1 and ∼10 °C), the bias exceeded 5%. Concentration and temperature are unlikely to be perfectly or strongly correlated or anti-correlated in natural systems and thus should not affect the accuracy of DGT concentration calculations in most circumstances. The more solution temperature, flow, and concentration were uncorrelated, the closer DGT-derived concentration and load were to the actual solution concentration and load.
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- Thomas Corbett
- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
- Environmental Research Institute, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
- Environmental Research Institute, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
- Environmental Research Institute, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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Braun T, Fernandez CN, Eroglu D, Hartland A, Breitenbach SFM, Marwan N. Sampling rate-corrected analysis of irregularly sampled time series. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:024206. [PMID: 35291153 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.024206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The analysis of irregularly sampled time series remains a challenging task requiring methods that account for continuous and abrupt changes of sampling resolution without introducing additional biases. The edit distance is an effective metric to quantitatively compare time series segments of unequal length by computing the cost of transforming one segment into the other. We show that transformation costs generally exhibit a nontrivial relationship with local sampling rate. If the sampling resolution undergoes strong variations, this effect impedes unbiased comparison between different time episodes. We study the impact of this effect on recurrence quantification analysis, a framework that is well suited for identifying regime shifts in nonlinear time series. A constrained randomization approach is put forward to correct for the biased recurrence quantification measures. This strategy involves the generation of a type of time series and time axis surrogates which we call sampling-rate-constrained (SRC) surrogates. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach with a synthetic example and an irregularly sampled speleothem proxy record from Niue island in the central tropical Pacific. Application of the proposed correction scheme identifies a spurious transition that is solely imposed by an abrupt shift in sampling rate and uncovers periods of reduced seasonal rainfall predictability associated with enhanced El Niño-Southern Oscillation and tropical cyclone activity.
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- Tobias Braun
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Kadir Has University, 34083 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Corbett TDW, Hartland A, Henderson W, Rys GJ, Schipper LA. Development of bromide-selective Diffusive Gradients in Thin-Films for the measurement of average flow rate of streams. Sci Total Environ 2021; 788:147737. [PMID: 34020089 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Diffusive Gradients in Thin-Films (DGT) have traditionally been used to measure time-weighted average concentration in water. We tested whether Br--DGT in combination with the trace-dilution flow rate method, could be used as a new approach for measuring water flow rate. A novel bromide selective DGT based on the Purolite Bromide Plus anion exchange resin (Br--DGT) was developed, which provided environmental bromide concentrations comparable to grab samples. The Br--DGT provided quantitative bromide concentrations at a range of pH, competing ion concentrations, and in synthetic natural solution. The uptake efficiency was 95.7 ± 3.4%, and the elution efficiency was 95.5 ± 4.7%. The absorption maximum/saturation point of each binding disk was 0.684 ± 0.001 mg. Bromide adsorption to the binding layer was linear to 44.1% of the total binding capacity, 0.302 mg. The determined diffusion coefficient through the agarose cross-linked polyacrylamide (APA) hydrogels was 1.05 × 10-5 cm2 s-1 at 17.9 °C, temperature corrected to 25 °C was 1.29 × 10-5 cm2 s-1. DGT flow rates were between -14.7 and 6.50% of the flow independently monitored flow rate (weir). In comparison, grab sample flow rates diverged by 5.52 to 58.9% from the weir flow rate.
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- Thomas D W Corbett
- School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand; Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand.
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- School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand; Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand; Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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Welikala D, Robinson BH, Moltchanova E, Hartland A, Lehto NJ. Soil cadmium mobilisation by dissolved organic matter from soil amendments. Chemosphere 2021; 271:129536. [PMID: 33445027 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) release from Cd contaminated soils been linked to mobilisation of the metal as Cd-DOM complexes and this may be exacerbated by organic matter-rich soil amendments. The quantity and quality of the DOM can determine the proportion of dissolved Cd that partitions to mobile complexes and their stability and, thus, the potential for Cd transport from contaminated soils. The aim of this work was to examine differences in Cd mobilisation from soils to which different types of soil amendments/conditioners have been applied and the importance of DOM characteristics in determining the extent to which this can happen. Three soils were spiked with Cd to 2 mg kg-1, allowed to equilibrate and then treated with compost and peat. These soils and an untreated subsample of each soil were then adjusted to three different pHs: 5.6, 6.4 and 7.4, using lime. The amount of Cd mobilised from each soil was tested using a column leaching experiment. Ultrafiltration and speciation modelling were used to determine amounts of Cd as DOM-complexed, "truly" dissolved (<5 kDa) and colloidal species, while DOM quality was assessed using UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. Most colloidal Cd was mobilised from the compost treated soils (50%-60%), followed by the peat treated soils (20-44%). The relationships between colloidal Cd, DOC concentration and soil pH, together with the spectroscopic and modelling results showed that structural properties of DOM are an important factor in mobilising Cd from contaminated soils.
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- Dharshika Welikala
- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Faraji M, Borsato A, Frisia S, Hellstrom JC, Lorrey A, Hartland A, Greig A, Mattey DP. Accurate dating of stalagmites from low seasonal contrast tropical Pacific climate using Sr 2D maps, fabrics and annual hydrological cycles. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2178. [PMID: 33500530 PMCID: PMC7838293 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81941-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Tropical Pacific stalagmites are commonly affected by dating uncertainties because of their low U concentration and/or elevated initial 230Th content. This poses problems in establishing reliable trends and periodicities for droughts and pluvial episodes in a region vulnerable to climate change. Here we constrain the chronology of a Cook Islands stalagmite using synchrotron µXRF two-dimensional mapping of Sr concentrations coupled with growth laminae optical imaging constrained by in situ monitoring. Unidimensional LA-ICP-MS-generated Mg, Sr, Ba and Na variability series were anchored to the 2D Sr and optical maps. The annual hydrological significance of Mg, Sr, Ba and Na was tested by principal component analysis, which revealed that Mg and Na are related to dry-season, wind-transported marine aerosols, similar to the host-rock derived Sr and Ba signatures. Trace element annual banding was then used to generate a calendar-year master chronology with a dating uncertainty maximum of ± 15 years over 336 years. Our approach demonstrates that accurate chronologies and coupled hydroclimate proxies can be obtained from speleothems formed in tropical settings where low seasonality and problematic U–Th dating would discourage the use of high-resolution climate proxies datasets.
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- Mohammadali Faraji
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia.
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Auckland, 1149, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK
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Corbett TDW, Dougherty H, Maxwell B, Hartland A, Henderson W, Rys GJ, Schipper LA. Utility of 'Diffusive Gradients in Thin-Films' for the measurement of nitrate removal performance of denitrifying bioreactors. Sci Total Environ 2020; 718:135267. [PMID: 31859060 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increase in environmental nutrient availability as a result of human activities has necessitated the development of mitigation strategies for nutrient removal, such as nitrate. Current methods for determining the efficiency of different mitigation strategies required measurement of changes in nitrate concentrations, however, these methods can be expensive or do not account fully for the temporal variability of nitrate concentration. This study evaluated the utility of Diffusive Gradients in Thins-Films (DGT) for determining nitrate removal in two denitrifying bioreactors, and compared DGT performance to traditional approaches for determining performance, including high and low frequency water grab sampling. The binding layer was produced using the Purolite® A520E anion exchange resin. The uptake and elution efficiencies were 98.8% and 93.4% respectively. DGTs of three material diffusion layer thicknesses were placed in piezometers along longitudinal transects, to enable calculation of the diffusive boundary layer and provide replicates. These were removed after 16, 24 and 36 h, and the accumulated nitrate masses were extracted and quantified to calculate nitrate concentration. Concentrations were subsequently utilised to calculate nitrate removal rates in both bioreactors. Grab samples were taken at 30 and 60 min intervals over those periods, nitrate concentrations were also measured to determine nitrate removal. DGTs provided nitrate removal rates at bioreactor site one (controlled flow, wastewater treatment) of 14.83-30.75 g N m-3 d-1, and 1.22-3.63 g N m-3 d-1 at site two (variable flow, agricultural run-off). DGT determined nitrate concentrations and removal rates were in strong accordance with high frequency grab sampling, but data collection via DGTs was considerably easier. Utilising DGTs for the measurement of bioreactor performance overcame many of the challenges associated with high frequency grab sampling, and other methods, such as accounting for temporal variation in nitrate concentration and reduced analytical requirements.
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- Thomas D W Corbett
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand.
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
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Hellstrom J, Sniderman K, Drysdale R, Couchoud I, Hartland A, Pearson A, Bajo P. Speleothem growth intervals reflect New Zealand montane vegetation response to temperature change over the last glacial cycle. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2492. [PMID: 32051432 PMCID: PMC7015920 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58317-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Flowstone speleothem growth beneath Mount Arthur, New Zealand shows a clear relationship to vegetation density and soil development on the surface above. Flowstone does not currently form beneath sub-alpine Nothofagus forest above ca. 1000–1100 m altitude but U-Th dating shows it has formed there during past intervals of warmer-than-present conditions including an early–mid Holocene optimum and the last interglacial from ca. 131–119 ka. Some flowstones growing beneath ca. 600 m surface altitude, currently mantled with dense broadleaf-podocarp forest, grew during full glacial conditions, indicating that local tree line was never below this altitude. This implies that Last Glacial Maximum annual temperature was no more than ca. 4 °C cooler than today. Flowstone growth appears to be a robust indicator of dense surface vegetation and well-developed soil cover in this setting, and indicates that past interglacial climates of MIS 7e, 5e, the early–mid Holocene and possibly MIS 5a were more conducive to growth of trees than was the late Holocene, reflecting regional temperature changes similar in timing to Antarctic temperature changes. Here, flowstone speleothem growth is a sensitive indicator of vegetation density at high altitude, but may respond to other factors at lower altitudes.
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- John Hellstrom
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Laboratoire EDYTEM, CNRS, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Université Grenoble Alpes, Chambéry, France
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- School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Laboratoire EDYTEM, CNRS, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Université Grenoble Alpes, Chambéry, France
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- Croatian Geological Survey, Sachsova 2, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Hartland A, Zitoun R, Middag R, Sander S, Laferriere A, Saeed H, De Luca S, Ross PM. Aqueous copper bioavailability linked to shipwreck-contaminated reef sediments. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9573. [PMID: 31267013 PMCID: PMC6606755 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45911-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Pollution from the grounding or sinking of ships can have long lasting effects on the recovery and dynamics of coastal ecosystems. Research on the impact of copper (Cu) pollution from the 2011 MV Rena shipwreck at the Astrolabe Reef (Otaiti), New Zealand, 5 years after the grounding, followed a multi-method and multi-disciplinary approach. Three independent measures of aqueous Cu using trace-element-clean-techniques substantiate the presence of high total, total dissolved (<2 µm) and elevated bioavailable Cu in the water column immediately above the aft section of the wreck where the highest sedimentary load of Cu was located. Intermittently elevated concentrations of strong Cu-binding ligands occurred in this location, and their binding strength was consistent with ligands actively produced by organisms in response to Cu induced stress. The recruitment of benthic invertebrates was modified at the high-Cu location. Taxonomic groups usually considered robust to pollution were restricted to this site (e.g. barnacles) or were the most abundant taxa present (e.g. foraminifera). Our results demonstrate that Cu-contaminated sediments can impose a persistent point source of Cu pollution in high-energy reef environments, with the potential to modify the composition and recovery of biological communities.
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- Adam Hartland
- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Trace Element Analysis, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Union Place, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Ocean Systems (OCS), NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Trace Element Analysis, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Union Place, Dunedin, New Zealand.,Marine Environmental Studies Laboratory, IAEA Environment Laboratories, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 98000, Monaco, Monaco
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- Boffa Miskell Ltd, 116 Cameron Rd, Tauranga, 3141, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand.
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Saeed H, Hartland A, Lehto NJ, Baalousha M, Sikder M, Sandwell D, Mucalo M, Hamilton DP. Regulation of phosphorus bioavailability by iron nanoparticles in a monomictic lake. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17736. [PMID: 30531915 PMCID: PMC6288117 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36103-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Dissolved reactive phosphorous (DRP) in lake systems is conventionally considered to predominate over other dissolved P species, however, this view neglects an important set of interactions that occurs between P and reactive iron hydroxide surfaces. This study addresses the coupling of P with dispersed iron nanoparticles in lakes, an interaction that may fundamentally alter the bioavailability of P to phytoplankton. We used diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and ultrafiltration to study Fe-P coupling in the water column of a monomictic lake over a hydrological year. Fe and P were predominantly colloidal (particle diameters > ~5 nm < ~20 nm) in both oxic epilimnetic and anaerobic hypolimnetic waters, but they were both DGT-labile under sub-oxic conditions, consistent with diffusion and dissolution of Fe-and-P-bearing colloids within the DGT diffusive gel. During peak stratification, increases in Fe and P bioavailability were spatially and temporally coincident with Fe nanoparticle dissolution and the formation of a deep chlorophyll maximum at 5-8 m depth. These results provide a window into the coupling and decoupling of P with mobile iron colloids, with implications for our understanding of the behaviour of nutrients and their influence on phytoplankton community dynamics.
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- H Saeed
- Environmental Research institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Environmental Research institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
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- Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Griffith, Australia
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Welikala D, Hucker C, Hartland A, Robinson BH, Lehto NJ. Trace metal mobilization by organic soil amendments: insights gained from analyses of solid and solution phase complexation of cadmium, nickel and zinc. Chemosphere 2018; 199:684-693. [PMID: 29475159 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The accumulation of Cd in soils worldwide has increased the demand for methods to reduce the metal's plant bioavailability. Organic matter rich soil amendments have been shown to be effective in achieving this. However, it is not known how long these amendments can retain the Cd, and whether dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from them can enhance the metal's mobility in the environment. In this study we sought to test the Cd binding capacity of various organic soil amendments, and evaluate differences in characteristics of the DOM released to see if they can explain the lability of the Cd-DOM complexes. We collected ten organic soil amendments from around New Zealand: five different composts, biosolids from two sources, two types of peat and spent coffee grounds. We characterised the amendments' elemental composition and their ability to bind the Cd. We then selected two composts and two peats for further tests, where we measured the sorption of Ni or Zn by the amendments. We analysed the quality of the extracted DOM from the four amendments using 3D Excitation Emission Matrix analysis, and tested the lability of the metal-DOM complexes using an adapted diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) method. We found that composts bound the most Cd and that the emergent Cd-DOM complexes were less labile than those from the peats. Ni-DOM complexes were the least labile. The aromaticity of the extracted DOM appears to be an important factor in determining the lability of Ni complexes, but less so for Zn and Cd.
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- Dharshika Welikala
- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Salmanzadeh M, Hartland A, Stirling CH, Balks MR, Schipper LA, Joshi C, George E. Isotope Tracing of Long-Term Cadmium Fluxes in an Agricultural Soil. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:7369-7377. [PMID: 28585807 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Globally widespread phosphate fertilizer applications have resulted in long-term increases in the concentration of cadmium (Cd) in soils. The accumulation of this biotoxic, and bioaccumulative metal presents problems for the management of soil-plant-animal systems, because the magnitude and direction of removal fluxes (e.g., crop uptake, leaching) have been difficult to estimate. Here, Cd isotopic compositions (δ114/110Cd) of archived fertilizer and soil samples from a 66 year-long agricultural field trial in Winchmore, New Zealand, were used to constrain the Cd soil mass balance between 1959 and 2015 AD, informing future soil Cd accumulation trajectories. The isotopic partitioning of soil Cd sources in this system was aided by a change in phosphate source rocks in 1998 AD, and a corresponding shift in fertilizer isotope composition. The dominant influence of mixing between isotopically distinct Cd end-members was confirmed by a Bayesian modeling approach. Furthermore, isotope mass balance modeling revealed that Cd removal processes most likely increased in magnitude substantially between 2000 and 2015 AD, implying an increase in Cd bioaccumulation and/or leaching over that interval. Natural-abundance stable isotopes are introduced here as a powerful tool for tracing the fate of Cd in agricultural soils, and potentially the wider environment.
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- Mahdiyeh Salmanzadeh
- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato , Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato , Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Trace Element Analysis, University of Otago , PO Box 56, Union Place, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato , Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato , Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Waikato , Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Trace Element Analysis, University of Otago , PO Box 56, Union Place, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Hartland A, Larsen JR, Andersen MS, Baalousha M, O'Carroll D. Association of Arsenic and Phosphorus with Iron Nanoparticles between Streams and Aquifers: Implications for Arsenic Mobility. Environ Sci Technol 2015; 49:14101-9. [PMID: 26544638 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The microbial oxidation of organic matter coupled to reductive iron oxide dissolution is widely recognized as the dominant mechanism driving elevated arsenic (As) concentrations in aquifers. This paper considers the potential of nanoparticles to increase the mobility of As in aquifers, thereby accounting for discrepancies between predicted and observed As transport reported elsewhere. Arsenic, phosphorus, and iron size distributions and natural organic matter association were examined along a flow path from surface water via the hyporheic zone to shallow groundwater. Our analysis demonstrates that the colloidal Fe concentration (>1 kDa) correlates with both colloidal P and colloidal As concentrations. Importantly, increases in the concentration of colloidal P (>1 kDa) were positively correlated with increases in the concentration of nominally dissolved As (<1 kDa), but no correlation was observed between colloidal As and nominally dissolved P. This suggests that P actively competes for adsorption sites on Fe nanoparticles, displacing adsorbed As, thus mirroring their interaction with Fe oxides in the aquifer matrix. Dynamic redox fronts at the interface between streams and aquifers may therefore provide globally widespread conditions for the generation of Fe nanoparticles, a mobile phase for As adsorption currently not a part of reactive transport models.
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- Adam Hartland
- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato , Hamilton, New Zealand
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- School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Australia , 110 King Street, Manly Vale, NSW 2093, Australia
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- Centre for Environmental NanoScience and Risk, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Australia , 110 King Street, Manly Vale, NSW 2093, Australia
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Patel P, Hartland A, Hollis A, Ali R, Elshaw A, Jain S, Khan A, Mirza S. Tier 3 multidisciplinary medical weight management improves outcome of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2015; 97:235-7. [PMID: 26263811 PMCID: PMC4474019 DOI: 10.1308/003588414x14055925061838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION In 2013 the Department of Health specified eligibility for bariatric surgery funded by the National Health Service. This included a mandatory specification that patients first complete a Tier 3 medical weight management programme. The clinical effectiveness of this recommendation has not been evaluated previously. Our bariatric centre has provided a Tier 3 programme six months prior to bariatric surgery since 2009. The aim of our retrospective study was to compare weight loss in two cohorts: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass only (RYGB only cohort) versus Tier 3 weight management followed by RYGB (Tier 3 cohort). METHODS A total of 110 patients were selected for the study: 66 in the RYGB only cohort and 44 in the Tier 3 cohort. Patients in both cohorts were matched for age, sex, preoperative body mass index and pre-existing co-morbidities. The principal variable was therefore whether they undertook the weight management programme prior to RYGB. Patients from both cohorts were followed up at 6 and 12 months to assess weight loss. RESULTS The mean weight loss at 6 months for the Tier 3 cohort was 31% (range: 18-69%, standard deviation [SD]: 0.10 percentage points) compared with 23% (range: 4-93%, SD: 0.12 percentage points) for the RYGB only cohort (p=0.0002). The mean weight loss at 12 months for the Tier 3 cohort was 34% (range: 17-51%, SD: 0.09 percentage points) compared with 27% (range: 14-48%, SD: 0.87 percentage points) in the RYGB only cohort (p=0.0037). CONCLUSIONS Our study revealed that in our matched cohorts, patients receiving Tier 3 specialist medical weight management input prior to RYGB lost significantly more weight at 6 and 12 months than RYGB only patients. This confirms the clinical efficacy of such a weight management programme prior to gastric bypass surgery and supports its inclusion in eligibility criteria for bariatric surgery.
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- P Patel
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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Hartland A, Fairchild IJ, Lead JR, Baker A. Fluorescent properties of organic carbon in cave dripwaters: effects of filtration, temperature and pH. Sci Total Environ 2010; 408:5940-5950. [PMID: 20858563 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2010] [Revised: 08/23/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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For the first time the specific fluorescent characteristics of organic carbon (OC) in sequentially filtered cave dripwater samples have been studied and the proportions of organic carbon in each size fraction quantified. We examined the effects of pH, temperature and filtration on the fluorescent properties of OC sampled from four drip points in different seasons. Dripwaters were sampled from both normal (pH 7.5-8.5) and hyper-alkaline (pH 9-13) drip points in Poole's Cavern, Buxton, UK, which provides a model system for understanding the effects of pH on the chemical properties of OC. At high-pH values, charge stabilisation of OC is greatly enhanced, resulting in 10-20 times more coarse colloidal and particulate (>100 nm) organic carbon than in lower pH dripwaters; indicating that destabilisation (e.g. charge shielding) of colloidal OC is an important process control on the transmission of OC in cave dripwaters at near-neutral pH. OC fluorescence in high-pH dripwaters exhibited a high degree of pH sensitivity between pH 10 and 12, consistent with substantial changes in the coordination or neighbouring environment of fluorescent acidic functional groups. Inner-filter effects (IFE) associated with the coarse colloidal and particulate fraction of OM mask the true fluorescent signal, so that size fractionation is necessary to obtain a signal which is correlated with the concentration of organic carbon. Fluorescence intensities in the samples studied were best correlated with organic carbon with a dimension <100 nm. These results have important implications for the use of fluorescence as a tracer in hydrogeological studies.
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- A Hartland
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Fairchild II, Loader NJ, Wynn PM, Frisia S, Thomas PA, Lageard JGA, De Momi A, Hartland A, Borsato A, La Porta N, Susini J. Sulfur fixation in wood mapped by synchrotron X-ray studies: implications for environmental archives. Environ Sci Technol 2009; 43:1310-1315. [PMID: 19350896 DOI: 10.1021/es8029297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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There is a shortage of archives of sulfur that can be used to investigate industrial orvolcanic pollution in terrestrial catchments, but the role of S as a nutrient, coupled with sparse published evidence, suggests that trees are promising targets. We focused on two conifer species (Picea abies (L.) Karst and Abies alba Miller) from an Alpine site in NE Italy. Bulk analyses of Abies demonstrate that S concentrations were higher in the second half of the 20th century but with some high outliers possibly reflecting particulate impurities. X-ray synchrotron analyses confirmed the observed time trend, which is similar to that of a nearby stalagmite, and reflects an atmospheric pollution record mediated by storage in the soil and ecosystem. S and P were found to be localized in the inner cell wall (ca. 2 microm wide), local thickenings of which probably account for some outlying high values of S in synchrotron studies. S occurs as a mixture of oxidation states (0 to +0.5, +2, +5, and +6) which are consistent in space and time. The results indicate that wood older than a few years contains archive-quality S but that robust conclusions require multiple replicate analyses.
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- Ian I Fairchild
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Clark LE, Prescott G, Fluck N, Simpson W, Smith WCS, Macleod AM, Ali TZ, MacLeod AM, Townend J, Smith WC, Simpson W, Khan IH, Minter J, Halliday K, Gawthorp J, Mackenzie P, Carmichael D, Houston K, Houston B, Carmichael D, Preiss D, Godber I, Lamb E, Dalton N, Gunn I, Porter LF, MacWalter RS, Quinn M, Rainey A, Cairns KJ, Marshall AH, Kee F, Savage G, Fogarty DG, Rainey A, Quinn M, Cairns KJ, Marshall AH, Kee F, Savage G, Fogarty DG, Conway B, Ramsay G, Webster A, Neary J, Whitworth C, Harty J, Saweirs WWM, Gibson PH, Giles P, Hartland A, Rylance P, Nicholas J, Ashby H, Askey A, Crothers D, Patel B, Main J, Roy D, Dasgupta I, Rayner H, Richards NT, Eames M, Lewis R, Mansell M, Townend J, Thomas S, O'Donoghue D, Harris K. Poster Abstracts. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Powles JG, Hartland A. The Measurement of Indirect (J) Coupling between Nuclei in Liquids in Magnetic Resonance by the Transient Method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1088/0370-1328/77/2/307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Abdu TA, Elhadd TA, Akber M, Hartland A, Neary R, Clayton RN. Plasma homocysteine is not a major risk factor for vascular disease in growth hormone deficient adults. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2001; 55:635-8. [PMID: 11894975 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Several cardiovascular risk factors have been investigated in patients with adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD) to explain the observed increase in vascular mortality. Plasma homocysteine concentration has been identified recently as an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. We wished to determine whether plasma homocysteine contributes to cardiovascular risk in adult GHD. METHOD Plasma homocysteine was measured by fluorescence polarization immunoassay in 45 GH-deficient adults on stable conventional hormone replacement (25M, 20F), age range 23-76 years, and compared with 55 matched controls (30M, 25F), age range 21-77 years. All subjects were free from clinical hypertension, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and peripheral vascular disease. Blood pressure, body mass index and waist hip ratio were recorded. Serum creatinine and fasting lipids were measured. Serum vitamin B12 and folate levels, important cofactors in the homocysteine metabolic pathways, were also measured. RESULTS Homocysteine levels were not different in patients and controls (9.75 [7.8-11.6] micromol/l vs. 9.65 [8.3-11.5] micromol/l, respectively, P = 0.88). Serum vitamin B12 was also not different (320.5 [262.0-427.5] pmol/l vs. 313.5 [277.0-460.5] pmol/l, respectively, P = 0.77). Serum folate levels were significantly lower in the patient group (7.05 [5.12-8.27] ng/ml vs. 7.80 [6.52-10.60] ng/ml, respectively, P = 0.03). When separated by gender, in males folate was not significantly different between patients and controls 7.05 [5.17-9.19] vs. 7.65 [6.15-10.22], P = 0.264, whereas in females, folate was significantly lower in patients at 7.05 [4.57-7.75] compared to controls at 8.4 [6.60-12.20], P = 0.01. CONCLUSION Plasma homocysteine levels are not significantly elevated in GH-deficient adults and are unlikely to be a major risk factor for vascular disease in these individuals.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust, Stoke on Trent, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, UK
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Dunne FP, Chowdhury TA, Hartland A, Smith T, Brydon PA, McConkey C, Nicholson HO. Pregnancy outcome in women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus complicated by nephropathy. QJM 1999; 92:451-4. [PMID: 10627861 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/92.8.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We retrospectively analysed pregnancy complicated by diabetic nephropathy in patients attending a University teaching hospital (1990-97), to examine fetal/maternal outcomes. Fetal outcomes included early intrauterine deaths, stillbirths, neonatal/perinatal mortality, size for gestational age, malformations, and need for neonatal unit care. Maternal outcomes included change in frequency of hypertension or severe proteinuria, serum creatinine data, and caesarean section rate. There were 21 pregnancies in 18 women, resulting in 21 live infants. Neonatal mortality (RR 10, 95% CI 0-3.9), perinatal mortality (RR 5, 95% CI 0-3.3) and congenital malformations (RR 5.0, 95% CI 0.3-26.3) were greater than in the background population. At delivery, 76% of babies were appropriate in size for gestational age; 57% were preterm, all of whom required neonatal unit care. The caesarean section rate was 90.5% vs. 20% in the background population (RR 4.5, 95% CI 3.4-5.0) (p < 0.05). Hypertension frequency (p < 0.001) and high-grade proteinuria (p < 0.05) increased from booking to delivery. Although the take-home baby rate was 90%, perinatal/neonatal mortality, congenital malformations and caesarean sections, in addition to maternal morbidity, were significantly higher in women with diabetic nephropathy than in the background population.
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- Department of Diabetic Medicine, University Hospital Trust, Birmingham, UK
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Serum cholesterol, triacylglycerols and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) subfractions were determined in 120 primagravid women during normal gestation (40 in each trimester) and in 20 non-pregnant age-matched controls. LDL subfractions were determined by PAGE, and an LDL score was calculated. The higher the score, the smaller the subfractions. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of the hyperlipidaemia, high oestrogen concentrations and insulin resistance known to exist in normal pregnancy on LDL subfraction formation. Pregnant women had an increased mean serum cholesterol concentration [5.78 (S.D. 1.09) mmol/l] in the first trimester compared with the non-pregnant controls [5.11 (0.77) mmol/l; P<0.01]. The serum cholesterol concentration increased progressively throughout gestation to a mean of 8.14 (1.39) mmol/l in the third trimester (P<0.001 compared with the second trimester). Triacylglycerol concentrations in the first trimester were similar to those of controls, and there was a non-significant increase by the second trimester to 1.32 (0.44) mmol/l. However, by the third trimester the mean triacylglycerol concentration had doubled [2.58 (0.98) mmol/l; P<0.001 compared with the first and second trimester]. During gestation the LDL score increased dramatically, from 1.17 (0.39) during the first trimester to 2.01 (0.37) in the second trimester (P<0.001) to 2.73 (0.48) in the third trimester (P<0.001 compared with the second trimester). Thus an atherogenic lipid profile develops during normal gestation. The significance of these changes remains unclear, but thay may have important implications for mother and foetus.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital NHS Trust, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, U.K
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- Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK.
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Ramachandran S, Giles PD, Hartland A. Acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis in presence of concurrent ciprofibrate and ibuprofen treatment. BMJ 1997; 314:1593. [PMID: 9186171 PMCID: PMC2126830 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7094.1593a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Capps N, Hartland A. Drug treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. Determine cardiac risk. BMJ 1994; 308:56-7. [PMID: 8298358 PMCID: PMC2539165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Feher MD, Wierzbicki AS, Reynolds TM, Capps N, Hartland A, Lough M, Patmore J, Coyle S. Drug treatment of hypercholesterolaemia: Establish diagnosis before treatment. West J Med 1994. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6920.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hartland A, Jones K, Williams JM, Gallagher BL, Galloway T. Direct comparison of the quantized Hall resistance in gallium arsenide and silicon. Phys Rev Lett 1991; 66:969-973. [PMID: 10043962 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.66.969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Hartland A. Nuclear quadrupole effects in an impure single crystal of potassium fluoride by nuclear magnetic pulsed double resonance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1966. [DOI: 10.1016/0031-9163(66)91116-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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