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Palmer MJ, Richardson M, Chételat J, Spence C, Connon R, Jamieson HE. Watershed hydrology mediates the recovery of an arsenic impacted subarctic landscape. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 358:124480. [PMID: 38968985 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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A holistic understanding of the chemical recovery of lakes from arsenic (As) pollution requires consideration of within-lake biogeochemical cycling of As and processes occurring in the surrounding catchment. This study used a watershed mass balance approach, complemented by experimental sediment incubations, to assess the mobility and transport of As within a subarctic watershed (155 km2) impacted by more than 60 years of atmospheric mining emissions. The period of record spanned a transition from drought to high streamflow between September 2017 and September 2019, which yielded insights into the interacting effects of hydrology and within-lake biogeochemical cycling of As. Internal loading of As from contaminated lake sediments (25-46 kg As year-1) and contributions from terrestrial sources (16-56 kg As yr-1) continue to negatively impact lake water quality (19-144 μg As L-1), but the relative importance of these loads varies seasonally and inter-annually in response to changing hydrological conditions. Wet conditions resulted in greater transport of As from terrestrial reservoirs and upstream areas, shorter lake water retention time, and increased the downstream export of As. During dry periods, the lake was disconnected from the surrounding watershed resulting in limited terrestrial contributions and longer lake water residence time, which delayed recovery due to the greater relative influence of internal loading from contaminated sediments. This study highlights that changing hydroclimatic regimes will alter trajectories of chemical recovery for arsenic impacted lakes through the coupling of within-lake and watershed transport processes.
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- Michael J Palmer
- North Slave Research Centre, Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College, Yellowknife, NT, Canada; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Zeng L, Yang F, Chen Y, Chen S, Xu M, Gu C. Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Drive Arsenic Mobility at the Sediment-Water Interface in the Lake Taihu. TOXICS 2024; 12:471. [PMID: 39058123 PMCID: PMC11281122 DOI: 10.3390/toxics12070471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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In this study examining the effects of temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) on arsenic (As) release at the sediment-water interface (SWI), it was found that an increase in temperature promoted the formation of an anaerobic environment and the reduction and desorption of As fractions within the sediments. A temperature of 32 °C was the most favorable condition for As release at the SWI, and low DO conditions aggravated this process. Even under high DO conditions, the release of sediment As was significantly accelerated under high-temperature conditions, allowing dissolved As to rapidly migrate to the overlying water. In this process, the release of As from sediments was a consequence of the transformation of As fractions in the sediments.
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- Liqing Zeng
- Department of Public Health and Medical Technology, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361021, China; (Y.C.); (S.C.); (M.X.); (C.G.)
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China;
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- Department of Public Health and Medical Technology, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361021, China; (Y.C.); (S.C.); (M.X.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Public Health and Medical Technology, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361021, China; (Y.C.); (S.C.); (M.X.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Public Health and Medical Technology, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361021, China; (Y.C.); (S.C.); (M.X.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Public Health and Medical Technology, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen 361021, China; (Y.C.); (S.C.); (M.X.); (C.G.)
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Duan L, Song J, Zhang Y, Yin M, Yuan H, Li X. Unraveling seasonal shifts in microbial and geochemical mediated arsenic mobilization at the estuarine sediment-water interface under redox changes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168939. [PMID: 38029978 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168939] [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: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The mobilization of arsenic (As) at the sediment-water interface (SWI) is crucial for determining the accumulation of dissolved As to potentially toxic levels. However, the specific impacts of redox processes involving iron (Fe) and sulfur (S), as well as microbial activities occurring in sediments, on As mobilization at the marine SWI remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated As mobilization at the SWI in the Changjiang Estuary during three different seasons with different benthic redox conditions. The preferential reduction of arsenate (As(V)) to arsenite (As(III)) and subsequent re-adsorption onto newly formed crystalline Fe oxides restricted As release in the As(V) reduction layer. Enhanced Fe(III) reduction in the Fe(III) reduction layer contributed to As release, while the presence of low As-high Fe-high SO42- levels resulted in As removal through adsorption onto pyrite in the sulfate reduction layer. Analysis of functional genes indicated that As(V) in sediments was released into porewater through the reductive dissolution of As(V)-bearing Fe(III) oxides by Geobacter species, followed by microbial reduction of the liberated As(V) to As(III) by microbes carrying the arrA gene. The dominant pathway governing As mobilization at the SWI in the Changjiang Estuary shifted from microbial reduction control during the hypoxic summer to Fe redox control during the aerobic autumn and winter. These findings provide valuable insights into the complex mechanisms driving As mobilization and highlight the importance of considering seasonal variations in understanding As dynamics at the marine SWI.
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- Liqin Duan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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Li Q, Liu L, Yan W, Chen X, Liu R, Zhao Z, Jiang F, Huang Y, Zhang S, Zou Y, Yang C. Influence on the release of arsenic and tungsten from sediment, and effect on other heavy metals and microorganisms by ceria nanoparticle capping. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 343:123161. [PMID: 38104760 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123161] [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: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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In this study, ceria nanoparticle (CNP) was used as a capping agent to investigate the efficiency and mechanism of simultaneously controlling the release of sediment internal Arsenic (As) and tungsten (W). The results of incubation experiment demonstrated that CNP capping reduced soluble As and W by 81.80% and 97.97% in overlying water, respectively; soluble As and W by 65.64% and 60.13% in pore water, respectively; and labile As and W in sediment by 45.20% and 53.20%, respectively. The main mechanism of CNP controlling sediment internal As and W was through adsorption via ligand exchange and inner-sphere complexation, as determined through adsorption experiments, XPS and FIRT spectra analysis. Besides, CNP also acted as an oxidant, facilitating the oxidation of AsⅢ to AsV and thereby enhancing the adsorption of soluble As. Additionally, sediment As and W fractions experiments demonstrated that the immobilization of As and W with CNP treatment via transforming mobile to stable fractions was another mechanism inhibiting sediment As and W release. The obtained significant positive correlation between soluble As/W and Fe/Mn, labile As/W and Fe/Mn indicated that iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) oxidation, influenced by CNP, serve as additional mechanisms. Moreover, Fe redox plays a crucial role in controlling internal As and W, while Mn redox plays a more significant role in controlling As compared to W. Meanwhile, CNP capping effectively prevented the release of As and W by reducing the activity of microorganisms that degrade Fe-bound As and W and reduced the release risk of V, Cr, Co, Ni, and Zn from sediments. Overall, this study proved that CNP was a suitable capping agent for simultaneously controlling the release of As and W from sediment.
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- Qi Li
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210042, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Wang S, Ding S, Zhao H, Chen M, Yang D, Li C. Seasonal variations in spatial distribution, mobilization kinetic and toxicity risk of arsenic in sediments of Lake Taihu, China. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 463:132852. [PMID: 37890386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132852] [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: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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This study investigated seasonal variations in spatial distribution, mobilization kinetic and toxicity risk of arsenic (As) in sediments of three representative ecological lakes in Lake Taihu. Results suggested that the bioavailability and mobility of As in sediments depended on the lake ecological types and seasonal changes. At the algal-type zones and macrophyte-type zones, elevated As concentrations were observed in April and July, while these occurred at the transition areas in July and October. The diffusion flux of soluble As ranged from 0.03 to 3.03 ng/cm2/d, indicating sediments acted as a source of As. Reductive dissolution of As-bearing iron/manganese-oxides was the key driver of sediment As remobilization. However, labile S(-II) caused by the degradations of algae and macrophytes buffered sediment As release at the algal-type and macrophyte-type zones. Furthermore, the resupply ratio was less than 1 at three ecological lakes, indicating the resupply As capacity of sediment solid phase was partially sustained case. The risk quotient values were higher than 1 at the algal-type zones and transition areas in July, thereby, the adverse effects of As should not be ignored. This suggested that it is urgently need to be specifically monitored and managed for As contamination in sediments across multi-ecological lakes.
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- Shuhang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Zhou C, Lin W, Ni Z, Fan F, Dong Y, Gao Y, Baeyens W, Wang S. Seaward alteration of arsenic mobilization mechanisms based on fine-scale measurements in Pearl River estuarine sediments. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 466:133547. [PMID: 38262324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Identification of key As mobilization processes in estuarine sediments is challenging due to the transitional hydrodynamic condition and the technical restriction of obtaining fine-scale results. Herein, high-resolution (μm to mm) and in situ profiling of As with associated elements (Fe, Mn, and S) by the diffusive gradients in thin-film (DGT) technique were applied and coupled with pore water and solid phase analysis as well as microbial high-throughput sequencing, to ascertain the driving mechanisms of As mobilization in the sediments of Pearl River Estuary (PRE). Significant diffusion fluxes of As from sediment to water were observed, particularly in the upper estuary. With the seaward increase of salinity, the driving mechanism of As mobilization gradually shifted from microbial-induced dissimilatory Fe reduction to saltwater-induced ion exchange. Correspondingly, the dominant Fe-reducing bacteria (FeRB) in sediments changed from the genera Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 and Bacillus to Ferrimonas and Deferribacter. The presence of dissolved sulfide in deeper sediments contributes to As removal through the formation of As-S precipitates as supported by theoretical calculations. Fine-scale findings revealed seaward changes of As mobilization mechanism in the sediments of a human-impacted estuary and may benefit the understanding of As biogeochemical behavior in estuaries worldwide.
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- Chunyang Zhou
- Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China.
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Hull EA, Stiling RR, Barajas M, Neumann RB, Olden JD, Gawel JE. Littoral sediment arsenic concentrations predict arsenic trophic transfer and human health risk in contaminated lakes. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293214. [PMID: 37856511 PMCID: PMC10586660 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Lake sediments store metal contaminants from historic pesticide and herbicide use and mining operations. Historical regional smelter operations in the Puget Sound lowlands have resulted in arsenic concentrations exceeding 200 μg As g-1 in urban lake sediments. Prior research has elucidated how sediment oxygen demand, warmer sediment temperatures, and alternating stratification and convective mixing in shallow lakes results in higher concentrations of arsenic in aquatic organisms when compared to deeper, seasonally stratified lakes with similar levels of arsenic pollution in profundal sediments. In this study we examine the trophic pathways for arsenic transfer through the aquatic food web of urban lakes in the Puget Sound lowlands, measuring C and N isotopes-to determine resource usage and trophic level-and total and inorganic arsenic in primary producers and primary and secondary consumers. Our results show higher levels of arsenic in periphyton than in other primary producers, and higher concentrations in snails than zooplankton or insect macroinvertebrates. In shallow lakes arsenic concentrations in littoral sediment are similar to deep profundal sediments due to arsenic remobilization, mixing, and redeposition, resulting in direct arsenic exposure to littoral benthic organisms such as periphyton and snails. The influence of littoral sediment on determining arsenic trophic transfer is evidenced by our results which show significant correlations between total arsenic in littoral sediment and total arsenic in periphyton, phytoplankton, zooplankton, snails, and fish across multiple lakes. We also found a consistent relationship between percent inorganic arsenic and trophic level (determined by δ15N) in lakes with different depths and mixing regimes. Cumulatively, these results combine to provide a strong empirical relationship between littoral sediment arsenic levels and inorganic arsenic in edible species that can be used to screen lakes for potential human health risk using an easy, inexpensive sampling and analysis method.
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- Erin A. Hull
- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America
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- Water and Land Resources Division, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America
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Chételat J, Palmer MJ, Paudyn K, Jamieson H, Amyot M, Harris R, Hesslein R, Pelletier N, Peraza I. Remobilization of legacy arsenic from sediment in a large subarctic waterbody impacted by gold mining. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 452:131230. [PMID: 36989775 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Arsenic contamination from mining poses an environmental challenge due to the mobility of this redox-sensitive element. This study evaluated arsenic mobility in sediments of Yellowknife Bay (Canada), a large subarctic water body impacted by gold mining during the 20th century. Short-term measurements of arsenic flux from sediment, arsenic profiling of the water column and sediment porewater, and mass balance modelling were conducted to assess the importance of sediment as an arsenic source. Sediment arsenic fluxes were highly variable throughout Yellowknife Bay and ranged from - 65-1520 µg m-2 day-1. Elevated fluxes measured near the mine site were among the highest published for well-oxygenated lakes. Redox boundaries were typically 2-3 cm below the sediment surface as indicated by porewater profiles of iron, manganese, and arsenic, with arsenic maxima of 65-3220 µg L-1 predominately as arsenite. Sediment arsenic flux was positively related to its solid-phase concentration. Modelling indicated sediment was a principal source of arsenic to the water column. Adsorption and precipitation processes in the oxidizing environment of near-surface sediments did not effectively attenuate arsenic remobilized from contaminated sediments. Internal recycling of legacy arsenic between sediment and surface water will impede a return to background conditions in Yellowknife Bay for decades.
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- John Chételat
- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- North Slave Research Centre, Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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- School of Environmental Studies, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Environmental Studies, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Département de Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Reed Harris Environmental Ltd., Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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- Carleton University, Geography and Environmental Studies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Ali J, Yang Y, Pan G. Oxygen micro-nanobubbles for mitigating eutrophication induced sediment pollution in freshwater bodies. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 331:117281. [PMID: 36682273 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117281] [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: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Sediment hypoxia is a growing problem and has negative ecological impacts on the aquatic ecosystem. Hypoxia can disturb the biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles of both phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) in water columns and sediments. Anthropogenic eutrophication and internal nutrient release from lakebed sediment accelerate hypoxia to form a dead zone. Thus, sediment hypoxia mitigation is necessary for ecological restoration and sustainable development. Conventional aeration practices to control sediment hypoxia, are not effective due to high cost, sediment disturbance and less sustainability. Owing to high solubility and stability, micro-nanobubbles (MNBs) offer several advantages over conventional water and wastewater treatment practices. Clay loaded oxygen micro-nanobubbles (OMNBs) can be delivered into deep water sediment by gravity and settling. Nanobubble technology provides a promising route for cost-effective oxygen delivery in large natural water systems. OMNBs also have the immense potential to manipulate biochemical pathways and microbial processes for remediating sediment pollution in natural waters. This review article aims to analyze recent trends employing OMNBs loaded materials to mitigate sediment hypoxia and subsequent pollution. The first part of the review highlights various minerals/materials used for the delivery of OMNBs into benthic sediments of freshwater bodies. Release of OMNBs at hypoxic sediment water interphase (SWI) can provide significant dissolved oxygen (DO) to remediate hypoxia induced sediment pollution Second part of the manuscript unveils the impacts of OMNBs on sediment pollutants (e.g., methylmercury, arsenic, and greenhouse gases) remediation and microbial processes for improved biogeochemical cycles. The review article will facilitate environmental engineers and ecologists to control sediment pollution along with ecological restoration.
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- Jafar Ali
- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130021, China; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130021, China; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Centre of Integrated Water-Energy-Food Studies, School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell, NG25 0QF, United Kingdom; Jiangsu Jiuguan Institute of Environment and Resources, Yixing, China.
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Astles BC, Chételat J, Palmer MJ, Vermaire JC. Experimental investigation of short-term warming on arsenic flux from contaminated sediments of two well-oxygenated subarctic lakes. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0279412. [PMID: 36542618 PMCID: PMC9770359 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Legacy arsenic (As) contamination from past mining operations remains an environmental concern in lakes of the Yellowknife area (Northwest Territories, Canada) due to its post-depositional mobility in sediment and potential for continued remobilization to surface waters. Warmer temperatures associated with climate change in this subarctic region may impact As internal loading from lake sediments either by a direct effect on sediment porewater diffusion rate or indirect effects on microbial metabolism and sediment redox conditions. This study assessed the influence of warmer temperatures on As diffusion from contaminated sediment of two lakes with contrasting sediment characteristics using an experimental incubation approach. Sediments from Yellowknife Bay (on Great Slave Lake) contained predominately clay and silt with low organic matter (10%) and high As content (1675 μg/g) while sediments of Lower Martin Lake had high organic matter content (~70%) and approximately half the As (822 μg/g). Duplicate sediment batches from each lake were incubated in a temperature-controlled chamber, and overlying water was kept well-oxygenated while As flux from sediment was measured during four weekly temperature treatments (7°C to 21°C, at ~5°C intervals). During the experiment, As diffused from sediment to overlying water in all cores and temperature treatments, with As fluxes ranging from 48-956 μg/m2/day. Arsenic fluxes were greater from Yellowknife Bay sediments, which had higher solid-phase As concentrations, compared to those of Lower Martin Lake. Short-term warming did not stimulate As flux from duplicate cores of either sediment type, in contrast with reported temperature enhancement in other published studies. We conclude that warmer temperatures were insufficient to strongly enhance sediment As diffusion into overlying oxic waters. These observations are relevant for evaluating climate-warming effects on sediment As mobility in subarctic lakes with little or no thermal stratification and a well-oxygenated water column.
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- Brittany C. Astles
- Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- North Slave Research Centre, Aurora Research Institute, Yellowknife, Canada
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- Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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van de Velde SJ, Burdorf LDW, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Leermakers M, Meysman FJR. Cable Bacteria Activity Modulates Arsenic Release From Sediments in a Seasonally Hypoxic Marine Basin. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:907976. [PMID: 35910627 PMCID: PMC9329047 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.907976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Eutrophication and global change are increasing the occurrence of seasonal hypoxia (bottom-water oxygen concentration <63 μM) in coastal systems worldwide. In extreme cases, the bottom water can become completely anoxic, allowing sulfide to escape from the sediments and leading to the development of bottom-water euxinia. In seasonally hypoxic coastal basins, electrogenic sulfur oxidation by long, filamentous cable bacteria has been shown to stimulate the formation of an iron oxide layer near the sediment-water interface, while the bottom waters are oxygenated. Upon the development of bottom-water anoxia, this iron oxide “firewall” prevents the sedimentary release of sulfide. Iron oxides also act as an adsorption trap for elements such as arsenic. Arsenic is a toxic trace metal, and its release from sediments can have a negative impact on marine ecosystems. Yet, it is currently unknown how electrogenic sulfur oxidation impacts arsenic cycling in seasonally hypoxic basins. In this study, we presented results from a seasonal field study of an uncontaminated marine lake, complemented with a long-term sediment core incubation experiment, which reveals that cable bacteria have a strong impact on the arsenic cycle in a seasonally hypoxic system. Electrogenic sulfur oxidation significantly modulates the arsenic fluxes over a seasonal time scale by enriching arsenic in the iron oxide layer near the sediment-water interface in the oxic period and pulse-releasing arsenic during the anoxic period. Fluxes as large as 20 μmol m−2 day−1 were measured, which are comparable to As fluxes reported from highly contaminated sediments. Since cable bacteria are recognized as active components of the microbial community in seasonally hypoxic systems worldwide, this seasonal amplification of arsenic fluxes is likely a widespread phenomenon.
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- Sebastiaan J. van de Velde
- Department of Geoscience, Environment and Society, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Sebastiaan J. van de Velde
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- Microbial Systems Technology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Microbial Systems Technology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Microbial Systems Technology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
- Filip J. R. Meysman
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Miller CB, Parsons MB, Jamieson HE, Ardakani OH, Patterson RT, Galloway JM. Mediation of arsenic mobility by organic matter in mining-impacted sediment from sub-Arctic lakes: implications for environmental monitoring in a warming climate. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES 2022; 81:137. [PMID: 35222729 PMCID: PMC8850223 DOI: 10.1007/s12665-022-10213-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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UNLABELLED Arsenic (As) is commonly sequestered at the sediment-water interface (SWI) in mining-impacted lakes through adsorption and/or co-precipitation with authigenic iron (Fe)-(oxy)hydroxides or sulfides. The results of this study demonstrate that the accumulation of organic matter (OM) in near-surface sediments also influences the mobility and fate of As in sub-Arctic lakes. Sediment gravity cores, sediment grab samples, and porewaters were collected from three lakes downstream of the former Tundra gold mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Analysis of sediment using combined micro-X-ray fluorescence/diffraction, K-edge X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES), and organic petrography shows that As is associated with both aquatic (benthic and planktonic alginate) and terrestrially derived OM (e.g., cutinite, funginite). Most As is hosted by fine-grained Fe-(oxy)hydroxides or sulfide minerals (e.g., goethite, orpiment, lepidocrocite, and mackinawite); however, grain-scale synchrotron-based analysis shows that As is also associated with amorphous OM. Mixed As oxidation states in porewater (median = 62% As (V), 18% As (III); n = 20) and sediment (median = 80% As (-I) and (III), 20% As (V); n = 9) indicate the presence of variable redox conditions in the near-surface sediment and suggest that post-depositional remobilization of As has occurred. Detailed characterization of As-bearing OM at and below the SWI suggests that OM plays an important role in stabilizing redox-sensitive authigenic minerals and associated As. Based on these findings, it is expected that increased concentrations of labile OM will drive post-depositional surface enrichment of As in mining-impacted lakes and may increase or decrease As flux from sediments to overlying surface waters. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12665-022-10213-2.
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- Clare B. Miller
- Centre for Ore Deposits and Earth Sciences (CODES), Department of Earth Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
- Geological Survey of Canada/Commission Géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources Naturelles Canada, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2 Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- Geological Survey of Canada/Commission Géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources Naturelles Canada, 3303 - 33 Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2L 2A7 Canada
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- Ottawa‐Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6 Canada
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- Geological Survey of Canada/Commission Géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources Naturelles Canada, 3303 - 33 Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2L 2A7 Canada
- Ottawa‐Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6 Canada
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Leclerc É, Venkiteswaran JJ, Jasiak I, Telford JV, Schultz MDJ, Wolfe BB, Hall RI, Couture RM. Quantifying arsenic post-depositional mobility in lake sediments impacted by gold ore roasting in sub-arctic Canada using inverse diagenetic modelling. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 288:117723. [PMID: 34256286 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lake sediments are widely used as environmental archives to reconstruct past changes in contaminants deposition, provided that they remain immobile after deposition. Arsenic (As) is a redox-sensitive element that may be redistributed in the sediments during early diagenesis, for instance along with iron and manganese, and thus depth profiles of As might not provide a reliable, unaltered record of past deposition. Here, we use inverse diagenetic modelling to calculate fluxes of As across the sediment-water interface and interpret As sedimentary records in eight lakes along a 80 km transect from the Giant and Con mines, Northwest Territories, Canada. The sediment cores were dated using 210Pb methods and analyzed for solid-phase and porewater As, Fe, Mn and organic C concentrations. We reconstructed the history of As deposition by correcting for the varying mobility patterns and calculated contemporary As deposition fluxes. Correction for diagenesis was substantial for three of the eight lakes, suggesting that lakes with lower sedimentation rates, which allows longer residence of As within the reactive zones defined by the model, enhance the influence of diagenesis. Results show that solid phase As peaks coincides with the period of high emissions from past gold ore roasting activities. Results also show that sediments sustained present-day As fluxes to the water column of study lakes within 50 km of the mines, while sediment in study lakes further than 50 km acted as As sinks instead.
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- Émilie Leclerc
- Centre for Northern Studies (CEN), Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Northern Studies (CEN), Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
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Scofield BD, Torso K, Fields SF, Chess DW. Contaminant metal concentrations in three species of aquatic macrophytes from the Coeur d'Alene Lake basin, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2021; 193:683. [PMID: 34596775 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09488-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The Coeur d'Alene Lake basin in Northwestern USA has extensive contamination from legacy mining waste, which overlaps with aquatic macrophyte habitat. We examined concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) in three macrophytes: Elodea canadensis (submerged), Myriophyllum spicatum (submerged), and Sagittaria latifolia (emergent). We collected macrophyte tissues from five contaminated sites and one uncontaminated site. Tissue concentrations were compared to sediment quality guidelines to assess potential toxicity from metal(loid)s to macrophyte-associated biota. We used threshold and probable effect concentrations to screen for potential toxicity. For the submerged species, the highest site means ± SD (analyte mg/kg dry mass) were 96 ± 61 (As), 18 ± 1.7 (Cd), 24 ± 15 (Cu), 610 ± 392 (Pb), and 1425 ± 222 (Zn). For contaminated sites, the probable effect threshold was exceeded in 38% (As), 45% (Cd), 0% (Cu), 74% (Pb), and 67% (Zn) of submerged species concentrations. Metal concentrations in S. latifolia tubers were lower than the submerged species leaves and shoots. Tuber concentrations did not exceed the probable effect threshold for any metal. Spatial differences in concentrations were most distinct for the submerged species. Our work shows significant amounts of metals are accumulating in some macrophytes of the study area and that biota associated with this vegetation may experience toxicity based upon guideline exceedances. Additionally, managers of invasive plants (e.g., M. spicatum) should consider the ramifications of control efforts given the high metal content of some plants (e.g., disposal issue).
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- Ben D Scofield
- Lake Management Department, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, P.O. Box 408, 850 A St, Plummer, ID, 83851, USA.
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- Water Resources Graduate Program, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, ID, 83843, USA
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- Lake Management Department, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, P.O. Box 408, 850 A St, Plummer, ID, 83851, USA
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- Lake Management Department, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, P.O. Box 408, 850 A St, Plummer, ID, 83851, USA
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Rakhimbekova S, O'Carroll DM, Robinson CE. Occurrence of Arsenic in Nearshore Aquifers Adjacent to Large Inland Lakes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:8079-8089. [PMID: 34043335 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Metal oxides that form near sediment-water interfaces in marine and riverine settings are known to act as a sediment trap for pollutants of environmental concern (e.g., arsenic and mercury). The occurrence of these pollutant traps near sediment-water interfaces in nearshore lake environments is unclear yet important to understand because they may accumulate pollutants that may be later released as environmental conditions change. This study evaluates the prevalence of pollutant sediment traps in nearshore aquifers adjacent to large lakes and the factors that affect the accumulation and release of pollutants, specifically arsenic. Field data from six sites along the Laurentian Great Lakes indicate widespread enrichment of arsenic in nearshore aquifers with arsenic sequestered to iron oxide phases. Arsenic enrichment at all sites (solid-phase arsenic >2 μg/g) suggests that this is a naturally occurring phenomenon. Arsenic was more mobile in reducing aquifers with elevated dissolved arsenic (up to 60 μg/L) observed, where reducing groundwater mixes with infiltrating oxic lake water. Dissolved arsenic was low (<3 μg/L) in all oxic nearshore aquifers studied despite high solid-phase arsenic concentrations. The findings have broad implications for understanding the widespread accumulation of reactive pollutants in nearshore aquifers and factors that affect their release to large lakes.
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- Sabina Rakhimbekova
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, N6A 5B9 Ontario, Canada
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Manly Vale, 2093 New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, N6A 5B9 Ontario, Canada
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Hull EA, Barajas M, Burkart KA, Fung SR, Jackson BP, Barrett PM, Neumann RB, Olden JD, Gawel JE. Human health risk from consumption of aquatic species in arsenic-contaminated shallow urban lakes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 770:145318. [PMID: 33736365 PMCID: PMC8032223 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Arsenic (As) causes cancer and non-cancer health effects in humans. Previous research revealed As concentrations over 200 μg g-1 in lake sediments in the south-central Puget Sound region affected by the former ASARCO copper smelter in Ruston, WA, and significant bioaccumulation of As in plankton in shallow lakes. Enhanced uptake occurs during summertime stratification and near-bottom anoxia when As is mobilized from sediments. Periodic mixing events in shallow lakes allow dissolved As to mix into oxygenated waters and littoral zones where biota reside. We quantify As concentrations and associated health risks in human-consumed tissues of sunfish [pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)], crayfish [signal (Pacifastacus leniusculus) and red swamp (Procambarus clarkii)], and snails [Chinese mystery (Bellamya chinensis)] from lakes representing a gradient of As contamination and differing mixing regimes. In three shallow lakes with a range of arsenic in profundal sediments (20 to 206 μg As g-1), mean arsenic concentrations ranged from 2.9 to 46.4 μg g-1 in snails, 2.6 to 13.9 μg g-1 in crayfish, and 0.07 to 0.61 μg g-1 in sunfish. Comparatively, organisms in the deep, contaminated lake (208 μg g-1 in profundal sediments) averaged 11.8 μg g-1 in snails and 0.06 μg g-1 in sunfish. Using inorganic As concentrations, we calculated that consuming aquatic species from the most As-contaminated shallow lake resulted in 4-10 times greater health risks compared to the deep lake with the same arsenic concentrations in profundal sediments. We show that dynamics in shallow, polymictic lakes can result in greater As bioavailability compared to deeper, seasonally stratified lakes. Arsenic in oxygenated waters and littoral sediments was more indicative of exposure to aquatic species than profundal sediments, and therefore we recommend that sampling methods focus on these shallow zones to better indicate the potential for uptake into organisms and human health risk.
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- Erin A Hull
- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402, United States.
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402, United States
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 201 More Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 201 More Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 201 More Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat St, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402, United States
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Study on the Evaluation of (Heavy) Metals in Water and Sediment of Skadar Lake (Montenegro), with BCF Assessment and Translocation Ability (TA) by Trapa natans and a Review of SDGs. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13060876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Skadar Lake is a crypto-depression, a shallow lake, near to the Adriatic coast; the largest in the Balkan Peninsula and in southeastern Europe. The Lake is a very complex aquatic ecosystem in which anthropogenic activities have a long history in terms of the impact on wildlife and the overexploitation of natural resources. Such consequences related to heavy metals represent a global problem. Heavy metal pollution can cause severe ecological consequences in aquatic ecosystems. These pollutants accumulate in the aquatic biota from water, sediment and through the food chain, the impact can magnify. Aquatic macrophytes are good indicators of the health of a water body. This research was carried out to evaluate heavy metals concentration in water, sediment and in the aquatic macrophyte Trapa natans (water chestnut), with BCF (bio-concentration factor), BSAF (biota sediment accumulation factor) and TA (translocation ability), in order to determine the water quality of this specific part of the aquatic ecosystem of Skadar Lake near to the settlement of Vranjina, a fishing village. The determination of heavy metals was carried out by ICP-OES. (Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry). Statistical analysis was established by R statistical computing software, version 3.5.3. The metal concentration in the water decreases in the following sequential order: As > Pb > Zn > Cu = Al = Cr > Cd = Hg. Meanwhile in the sediment, the descending sequence is as follows: Cr > Zn > Cu > Pb > As > Cd > Hg. The ability of plants to absorb and accumulate metals from the aqueous growth medium was assessed using a bio-concentration factor. The BCF in the stem, leaf and fruit has high values, mainly, of Al, Cr, Cu and Zn, while for the biota sediment accumulation factor, the highest values were recorded for the following elements: Hg, Cd, Cu and Zn. Analysis of the translocation ability of TA shows the dominance of four metals: Pb, Cd, Hg and As. A significant positive Kendall’s correlation coefficient between sediment and stem (R = 0.73, p < 0.05), stem and leaf (R = 0.87, p < 0.05) and leaf and fruit (R = 1, p < 0.05) was established.
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Shi W, Song W, Luo Y, Qile G, Zheng J, Lü C, He J. Transformation pathways of arsenic species: SRB mediated mechanism and seasonal patterns. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128255. [PMID: 33297200 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) mediated reduction plays a key role in the biological cycling of As, which inherently associates with the transformation of As species. However, the potential pathways of As species transformation, the predominant driving process and their explanatory factors regulating seasonal As mobility mediated by SRB remains poorly understood. This study explored the possible pathways of seasonal As species transformation mediated by SRB, and identified the predominant driving process and key environmental factors in response to As mobilization in different seasons. SRB-mediated reduction governed the seasonal mobilization of As, significantly promoted reduction of As (V) and endogenous release of As, and exhibited strong seasonal variability. The flux of As(III) and TAs in group SRB in summer were 1.92-3.53 times higher than those during the ice-bound period. The results showed two distinct stages namely release and re-immobilization both in summer and ice-bound period. While As was easier to be gradually transformed into a more stable state in SRB reduction process during ice-bound period. Both in summer and ice-bound period, SRB presented significant regulating effects on As behavior by influencing loosely adsorbed As, pyrite and As sulfides in sediments as well as the formation of sulfide during the process of SRB reduction. The main effecting pathways on As mobilization were the direct effects of SRB, S2- and Fe2+ in summer, but IP was also an important pathway affecting As mobility during ice-bound period. This work provides new insights into mechanisms responsible for seasonal As mobilization.
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- Wenjing Shi
- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China; Institute of Environmental Geology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- Pioneer College, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China; Institute of Environmental Geology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China.
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China; Institute of Environmental Geology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China.
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Hossain F. Contaminated aquatic sediments. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2020; 92:1794-1804. [PMID: 33459448 DOI: 10.1002/wer.1436] [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: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Aquatic sediments are contaminated by different anthropogenic activities and natural deposition. This review manuscript has discussed on published manuscript in 2019 based on monitoring and identification of contaminants, GIS application and isotopic evaluation for monitoring of pollutants, physicochemical and biochemical fate and transport of the pollutants as well as remediation and toxicity analysis so that environmental and ecological impacts due to pollution can be minimized.
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- Fahim Hossain
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Miller CB, Parsons MB, Jamieson HE, Ardakani OH, Gregory BRB, Galloway JM. Influence of late-Holocene climate change on the solid-phase speciation and long-term stability of arsenic in sub-Arctic lake sediments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 709:136115. [PMID: 31887529 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Sediment cores were collected from two lakes in the Courageous Lake Greenstone Belt (CLGB), central Northwest Territories, Canada, to examine the influence of late-Holocene warming on the transport and fate of arsenic (As) in sub-Arctic lakes. In both lakes, allochthonous As-bearing minerals (i.e. arsenopyrite and scorodite) were identified in sediment deposited during times of both regional warming and cooling, suggesting that weathering of bedrock and derived surficial materials provides a continual source of As to lakes of the CLGB. However, maximum porewater As (84 μg·L-1 and 15 μg·L-1) and reactive organic matter (OM; aquatic and terrestrial-derived) concentrations in each lake are coincident with known periods of regional climate warming. It is inferred that increased biological production in surface waters and influx of terrigenous OM led to the release of sedimentary As to porewater through reductive dissolution of As-bearing Fe-(oxy)hydroxides and scorodite during episodes of regional warming. Elevated sedimentary As concentrations (median: 36 mg·kg-1; range: 29 to 49 mg·kg-1) are observed in sediment coeval with the Holocene Thermal Maximum (ca. 5430 ± 110 to 4070 ± 130 cal. years BP); at these depths, authigenic As-bearing framboidal pyrite is the primary host of As in sediment and the influence of organic matter on the precipitation of As-bearing framboidal pyrite is apparent petrographically. These findings suggest that increased biological productivity and weathering of terrestrial OM associated with climate warming influences redox cycles in the near-surface sediment and enhances the mobility of As in northern lakes. Knowledge generated from this study is relevant for predicting future climate change-driven variations in metal(loid) cycling in aquatic systems and can be used to interpret trends in long-term environmental monitoring data at historical, modern, and future metal mines in northern environments.
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- Clare B Miller
- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; Geological Survey of Canada/Commission géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Geological Survey of Canada/Commission géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada, 3303 33rd Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada
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- Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6, Canada
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- Geological Survey of Canada/Commission géologique du Canada, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada, 3303 33rd Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada; Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6, Canada; Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK 8000, Denmark
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Jha P, Banerjee S, Bhuyan P, Sudarshan M, Dewanji A. Elemental distribution in urban sediments of small waterbodies and its implications: a case study from Kolkata, India. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2020; 42:461-482. [PMID: 31471689 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-019-00377-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The impacts of elemental pollution in sediments of freshwater bodies are of particular concern in rapidly urbanizing cities of the developing world and have been extensively studied in rivers and lakes. The current study is an attempt to highlight the importance of smaller waterbodies, which happen to form a natural network in cities, for assessing the contamination status of sediments. The distribution of elements (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, S, Si, Ti, Ba, Mn, Sr, V, As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in sediments of 15 ponds and 6 canals was studied to understand the overall pollution status and the associated ecological risk to aquatic organisms. Geochemical indices revealed Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn to be the principal elements of concern. The mean concentration of Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn was 308, 174, 76.9 and 446 mg kg-1, respectively. Ecological risk assessment revealed that Cr in 86% sites, Ni in 52% sites, Cu and Zn in 28% sites and Pb in 10% sites were associated with possible ecological toxicity. The findings suggest that multielemental concentration in sediments of ponds and canals could effectively distinguish between pristine and polluted sites and suitably identify the main elements of concern to support cost-efficient waste management solutions customized to both the sites and elements of concern.
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Affiliation(s)
- Poulami Jha
- Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata, 700108, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, LB-8, Sector III, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700098, India
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- Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata, 700108, India
- Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, England, UK
- The Alan Turing Institute, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB, England, UK
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, LB-8, Sector III, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700098, India
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- Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata, 700108, India.
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Palmer MJ, Chételat J, Richardson M, Jamieson HE, Galloway JM. Seasonal variation of arsenic and antimony in surface waters of small subarctic lakes impacted by legacy mining pollution near Yellowknife, NT, Canada. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 684:326-339. [PMID: 31153079 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
The seasonal variation in lake water arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) concentrations was assessed in four small (<1.5km2) subarctic lakes impacted by As and Sb emissions from legacy mining activities near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Substantial variation in As concentrations were measured over the two-year period of study in all but the deepest lake (maximum depth 6.9m), including a four-fold difference in As in the shallowest lake ([As]: 172-846μgL-1; maximum depth 0.8m). Arsenic concentrations were enriched following ice cover development in the three shallowest lakes (50-110%) through a combination of physical and biogeochemical processes. Early winter increases in As were associated with the exclusion of solutes from the developing ice-cover; and large increases in As were measured once oxygen conditions were depleted to the point of anoxia by mid-winter. The onset of anoxic conditions within the water column was associated with large increases in the concentration of redox sensitive elements in lake waters (As, iron [Fe], and manganese [Mn]), suggesting coupling of As mobility with Fe and Mn cycling. In contrast, there was little difference in Sb concentrations under ice suggesting that Sb mobility was controlled by factors other than Fe and Mn associated redox processes. A survey of 30 lakes in the region during fall (open-water) and late-winter (under-ice) revealed large seasonal differences in surface water As were more common in lakes with a maximum depth <4m. This threshold highlights the importance of winter conditions and links between physical lake properties and biogeochemical processes in the chemical recovery of As-impacted subarctic landscapes. The findings indicate annual remobilization of As from contaminated lake sediments may be inhibiting recovery in small shallow lakes that undergo seasonal transitions in redox state.
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- Michael J Palmer
- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada.
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa K1A 0H3, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)/Ressources naturelles Canada, Geological Survey of Canada/(GSC) Commission géologique du Canada, Calgary T2L 2A7, Canada; Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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