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Peng T, Yu X, Liu J, Zhu Z, Du J. Capturing the influence of submarine groundwater discharge on nutrient speciation dynamics within an estuarine aquaculture ecosystem. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 336:122467. [PMID: 37640223 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) plays a crucial role in nutrient dynamics and eutrophication status of the typical estuarine ecosystems, which are hotspots for groundwater-borne nutrient and are sensitive to aquaculture activities. To evaluate the significant role of SGD in regulating nutrient dynamics in an aquaculture estuary, a radium mass balance model combined biological feeding experiment was carried out in the present study. The results demonstrated that SGD fluxes were estimated to be 15.9 ± 9.41 cm d-1, 18.1 ± 8.51 cm d-1, and 23.0 ± 13.7 cm d-1 during July 2019, October 2019 and April 2021, and the SGD-driven dissolved inorganic/organic nutrient fluxes were 0.6-3.1-fold, 0.2-0.9-fold and 0.4-29-fold higher than those of riverine input, respectively. Seasonal variabilities of SGD rates indicated that saline SGD is dominated and is primarily modified by the oceanic forcing stimulated by tidal and wave dynamics. The contrasting conditions between bottom-up (groundwater- and river-derived nutrient fluxes) and top-down (nutrient responses in estuarine waters), showed the significance of seasonal differences in the biochemical mechanisms and aquaculture effects of modifying nitrogen dynamics. Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium and nitrification were responsible for the contrasting NOx- (NO2- and NO3-) and NH4+ conditions in July and October, respectively, and these factors jointly regulated NOx- and NH4+ in April. Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) was the predominant component among the three seasons, except for DON degeneration in October, and it increased due to NH4+ assimilation by the phytoplankton community. These findings indicated that biochemical transformation has potential ramifications for the dynamics of SGD-driven nutrients and the management in marine aquaculture ecosystems.
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- Tong Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China.
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- School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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Zhang F, Wang J, Huang D, Zhong Q, Yu T, Du J. Fresh Groundwater Discharge as a Major Source of 90Sr into the Coastal Ocean. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:12033-12041. [PMID: 37530516 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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The behavior and source of 90Sr in the coastal ocean remain uncertain. Here, we investigated the distributions of 90Sr in coastal fresh groundwater, river water, pore water, and seawater in three bays along the southeastern coast of China between 2019 and 2021 and evaluated the potential of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) as a source of coastal 90Sr. The 90Sr activity in coastal fresh groundwater was higher than that in river water and seawater, while the 90Sr activity in pore water was comparable to that in adjacent seawater. In addition, nonconservative mixing behavior of 90Sr along the salinity gradient between river water and seawater was observed. These observations indicated that fresh SGD may serve as an additional source of 90Sr in coastal seawater. Combining our groundwater 90Sr data with the reported fresh SGD flux data, the estimated fresh SGD-derived 90Sr fluxes into the three bays were comparable to or even higher than those supplied by riverine sources. These results revealed that fresh SGD is a major but overlooked source of 90Sr in the coastal ocean. This subterranean pathway for transport of 90Sr to the coastal ocean should be considered in the monitoring and risk assessment of coastal areas, especially those near nuclear facilities.
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- Fule Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Huang P, Gao H, Su Q, Zhang Y, Cui M, Chai S, Li Y, Jin Y. Identification of mixing water source and response mechanism of radium and radon under mining in limestone of coal seam floor. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159666. [PMID: 36302409 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159666] [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: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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With the gradual increase of the coal mining depth, the mixing of multiple water sources intensifies and the activity of radium and radon in groundwater increases. Identifying the source of mine water inrush by using radium and radon isotopes is a new choice. In this paper, the mathematical statistics method, radioactive isotope decay theory, the mass conservation principle, and the numerical simulation method are used to analyze the influence of total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, and the hydrochemical ion content in groundwater on the isotope activity of radium, radon, uranium, thorium, and lead. The activity of thorium and lead is lower than the detection limit of the instrument, and the influence of coal mining activities on it is small. The simulation of the radium-radon mass balance in groundwater shows that the greater the adsorption coefficient (k) of solid particles in groundwater is, the more obvious the adsorption effect and the greater the influence on the radium-radon activity balance are. The radium-radon dating method is used to calculate the groundwater age. Results show that the groundwater age in the closed pit coal mining area is generally older than that in the mining coal mining area. Combined with the 222Rn, 226Ra, and 234U radioactive isotopes and temperature, a mixing water source identification model of limestone in the coal seam floor is constructed. The model shows that the radium activity and temperature of the groundwater are inversely proportional to the mixing ratio of the Permian sandstone water. From the closed pit coal mining area to the mining coal mining area, the radium radon activity of the groundwater increases gradually, the groundwater age decreases significantly, the water cycle is accelerated, the mixing ratio of the Permian sandstone water decreases gradually, the mixing ratio of the Ordovician limestone water increases gradually, and the risk of coal mine water inrush increases. The research results prove the feasibility of the new method for accurately discriminating the mixing water sources in coal mine areas, which is of great significance to the improvement of the theory of coal mine water disaster prevention and control.
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- Pinghua Huang
- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China.
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- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China.
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- Henan Yuzhong Geological Exploration Engineering Co., LTD., Zhengzhou, Henan 450016, China
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- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China
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- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China
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- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China
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- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China
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- School of Resources and Environment Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000 Jiaozuo, China.
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Goyetche T, Luquot L, Carrera J, Martínez-Pérez L, Folch A. Identification and quantification of chemical reactions in a coastal aquifer to assess submarine groundwater discharge composition. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:155978. [PMID: 35588800 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In coastal aquifers, two opposite but complementary processes occur: Seawater intrusion (SWI), which may salinize heavily exploited aquifers, and Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) which transports oligo-elements to the sea. Aquifers are expected to be chemically reactive, both because they provide abundant surfaces to catalyze reactions and the mixing of very different Fresh Water (FW) and Sea Water (SW) promote numerous reactions. Characterizing and quantifying these reactions is essential to assess the quality and composition of both aquifer water, and SGD. Indeed, sampling SGD is difficult, so its composition is usually uncertain. We propose a reactive end-member mixing analysis (rEMMA) methodology based on principal component analysis (PCA) to (i) identify the sources of water and possible reactions occurring in the aquifer and (ii) quantify mixing ratios and the extent of chemical reactions. We applied rEMMA to the Argentona coastal aquifer located North of Barcelona that contains fluvial sediments of granitic origin and overlies weathered granite. The identification of end members (FW and SW) and the spatial distribution of their mixing ratios illustrate the application procedure. The extent of reactions and their spatial distribution allow us to distinguish reactions that occur as a result of mixing from those caused by sediment disequilibrium, which are relevant to recirculated saltwater SGD. The most important reaction is cation exchange, especially between Ca and Na, which promotes other reactions such as Gypsum and Fluorite precipitation. Iron and Manganese are mobilized in the SW portion but oxidized and precipitated in the mixing zone, so that Fe (up to 15 μEq/L) and Mn (up to 10 μEq/L) discharge is restricted to SW SGD. Nitrate is reduced in the mixing zone. The actual reaction amounts are site-specific, but the processes are not, which leads us to conjecture the importance of these reactions to understand the SGD discharge elsewhere.
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- Tybaud Goyetche
- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology group (UPC-CSIC), Spain; Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Géoscience Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology group (UPC-CSIC), Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology group (UPC-CSIC), Spain; Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Associated Unit: Hydrogeology group (UPC-CSIC), Spain; Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Muthukumar P, Selvam S, Babu DSS, Roy PD, Venkatramanan S, Chung SY, Elzain HE. Measurement of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into Tiruchendur coast at southeast India using 222Rn as a naturally occurring tracer. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 174:113233. [PMID: 34902766 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Application of natural tracers such as radon isotope mass balance has been useful in estimating the submarine groundwater discharge (SGD). This study used 222Rn and evaluated the magnitude of SGD at Tiruchendur coast of southeast India in the Gulf of Mannar (Indian Ocean). Higher magnitudes of 222Rn in the porewater and seawater in comparison with the groundwater suggest simultaneous SGD with fluxes of 0.1-0.25 m3 m-2 d-1 at offshore and 0.4-0.20 m3 m-2 d-1 at the near shore. These baseline data would contribute to the management and protection of the Gulf of Mannar region in near future.
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- P Muthukumar
- Department of Geology, V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India; Registration No: 19212232221045, Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli 627012, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Geology, V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Centre for Earth Sciences Studies, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 031, India
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- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México CP 04510, Mexico.
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- Department of Disaster Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
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Peng T, Zhu Z, Du J, Liu J. Effects of nutrient-rich submarine groundwater discharge on marine aquaculture: A case in Lianjiang, East China Sea. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 786:147388. [PMID: 33984696 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and associated nutrient have long been received insufficient attention in the aquaculture areas of Lianjiang, East China Sea. In this study, we used 224Ra mass balance model to evaluate the importance of SGD in the aquaculture areas of Lianjiang in different seasons. The results showed that SGD fluxes were 0.14 ± 0.070 m3 m-2 d-1 in July and 0.077 ± 0.040 m3 m-2 d-1 in October 2019, which corresponded to approximately 22% and 32% of the river discharge, respectively. Nevertheless, the dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphorus (DIP) fluxes contributed by SGD over total nutrient inputs were approximately 58% and 73%, respectively in July, 11% and 33%, respectively in October 2019. The ratio of DIN to DIP in seawater was slightly higher than that derived from SGD in July and significantly lower than that derived from the river and SGD in October, which was prone to profound modulated by shellfish (e.g., clam Ruditapes philippinarum and Sinonovacula constricta) and nori (e.g., Pyropia haitanensis) that selectively acquire nitrogen and phosphorous, suggesting that SGD could affect the nutrient structure and aquaculture activities in Lianjiang. Moreover, the new primary production via SGD yielded (2.47 ± 1.32) × 103 mg C m-2 d-1 in July and (3.52 ± 1.76) × 102 mg C m-2 d-1 in October 2019, which were approximately 8-25% and 10-31% of the production in the entire study area. These meaningful discoveries indicated that SGD and associated nutrient are the predominant regulator of nutrient and aquaculture structure under significant seasonal differences.
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- Tong Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
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Zhao S, Xu B, Yao Q, Burnett WC, Charette MA, Su R, Lian E, Yu Z. Nutrient-rich submarine groundwater discharge fuels the largest green tide in the world. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 770:144845. [PMID: 33736390 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144845] [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: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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One of the largest "green tide" (Ulva prolifera) outbreaks in the world has occurred every year from 2007 to present in the Southern Yellow Sea, China. Currently, the coastal area around Jiangsu Province (Subei Shoal region) is thought to be the origination point of these giant green tide blooms. The combination of high nutrient demand but low river discharge and other inputs suggests that there is a significant flux of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in this area. By using a radium mass balance model, we estimated the SGD flux in the area to be (0.7-1.4) × 109 m3 d-1 (6.1-12 cm d-1), at the high end of SGD fluxes worldwide. Geographically, Subei Shoal is less than 5% of the entire Southern Yellow Sea area, while our calculated SGD flux just for the shoal area is ~3 times larger than previously documented for the whole Southern Yellow Sea. Therefore, Subei Shoal may be considered a SGD hotspot that plays an important role in SGD associated material fluxes. Compared to inputs from local rivers, atmospheric deposition, and anthropogenic activities, SGD-derived nutrients are the main source term that can support the growth of macroalgae. We specifically highlight that this type of areas that are shallow, intensively mixed, anthropogenically polluted, sandy or muddy with heavy bio-irrigation, may have a higher risk of suffering harmful ecological problems, even with limited terrestrial runoff.
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- Shibin Zhao
- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; Marine Isotope and Geochronology Facility, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Barnstable, MA, USA
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Chen X, Ye Q, Sanders CJ, Du J, Zhang J. Bacterial-derived nutrient and carbon source-sink behaviors in a sandy beach subterranean estuary. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2020; 160:111570. [PMID: 32861939 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microbial communities in subterranean estuaries play important roles in the biogeochemical cycle. However, the microorganisms associated with biogeochemical behaviors in subterranean estuaries have received little attention. Here, the bacterial communities were compared between the fresh and saline groundwater in a subterranean estuary. Correlation analysis between bacterial groups and salinity indicated that different species represented different groundwater types. The key bacterial groups found along the subterranean estuaries have been shown to influence organic pollutant degradation and nitrate utilization. These species may be potential candidates for the in situ bioremediation of subterranean estuaries that are contaminated with pollutants. The utilization of nitrate and organic pollutants by bacteria in subterranean estuaries serves as a nitrate sink and inorganic carbon source. Our results show the role of bacteria in remediating pollutants through submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to the coastal ocean, and specific species may be helpful in selecting reasonable groundwater end-members and reducing SGD uncertainties.
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- Xiaogang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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- National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Shanghai 202162, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Wang Q, Li H, Zhang Y, Wang X, Xiao K, Zhang X, Huang Y, Dan SF. Submarine groundwater discharge and its implication for nutrient budgets in the western Bohai Bay, China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2020; 212:106132. [PMID: 31885366 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106132] [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: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) supplies substantial quantities of nutrients from land to oceans. However, SGD and associated nutrient fluxes have long been ignored in Bohai Bay, which is subjected to the serious environmental problem. Here, we investigated the concentrations of radon (222Rn) and nutrients in groundwater and surface water in the western Bohai Bay during May 2017. The flushing time in the bay was estimated to be 38.8-58.3 days based on tidal prism model. The SGD flux was estimated to be 7.3 ± 4.8 cm d-1 based on 222Rn mass balance model. The SGD associated nutrient fluxes were estimated to be (6.3 ± 4.1) × 107 mol d-1 for dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), (1.2 ± 0.8) × 106 mol d-1 for dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) and (7.5 ± 4.9) × 107 mol d-1 for dissolved inorganic silicon (DSi). By establishing nutrient budgets, we found that SGD was a major source, contributing 80.8% of all source for DIN, 90.7% of all source for DIP and 78.4% of all source for DSi into the western Bohai Bay. This study shows that SGD associated nutrient fluxes may have significant impact on nutrient budgets in the western Bohai Bay.
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- Qianqian Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environment Evolution and School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control and School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environment Evolution and School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control and School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control and School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control and School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Earthquake Bureau, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education/Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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Alorda-Kleinglass A, Garcia-Orellana J, Rodellas V, Cerdà-Domènech M, Tovar-Sánchez A, Diego-Feliu M, Trezzi G, Sánchez-Quilez D, Sanchez-Vidal A, Canals M. Remobilization of dissolved metals from a coastal mine tailing deposit driven by groundwater discharge and porewater exchange. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 688:1359-1372. [PMID: 31726565 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mining impacts on coastal environments have been extensively studied around the world. However, the role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) and Porewater Exchange (PEX) as pathways for pollutants from mining waste deposits into seawater has been largely overlooked. Portmán Bay is located in the Cartagena-La Unión Pb-Zn sulphur mining district in Murcia, SE of Spain. The disposal of about 60 million tons of metal-rich mine tailings from 1957 to 1990 led to the infill of most of the bay. Although the effects of metals on indicator organisms have been shown previously, there is a major lack of knowledge on the release of dissolved metals from the emerged tailing deposit into the sea, more than 25 years after the closure of the mining activities. Samples for Ra isotopes (223Ra, 224Ra, 226Ra and 228Ra) and dissolved metals (Ag, Cd, Co, Pb, Zn) were analyzed in porewaters and seawater in order to separately estimate SGD and PEX driven dissolved metal fluxes. Our results show a continuous release of dissolved metals into the sea driven by both PEX and SGD. Most of dissolved metals are remobilized and released into the water column by PEX, which is a ubiquitous mechanism acting along the shoreline. Although SGD only represents 13% of the water flow, it drives large fluxes of dissolved Fe into the sea, mainly restricted to the west side of the bay. Large inputs of dissolved Fe2+ from the anoxic tailings deposit trigger a massive precipitation of iron hydroxides that enables the removal of most dissolved metals from the water column. This study highlights the role of PEX and SGD as significant mechanisms for the land to ocean transfer of dissolved metals from coastal mine tailings deposits.
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- Aaron Alorda-Kleinglass
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain; Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- CRG Marine Geosciences, Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN, CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN, CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- CRG Marine Geosciences, Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- CRG Marine Geosciences, Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Wang Y, Dong R, Zhou Y, Luo X. Characteristics of groundwater discharge to river and related heavy metal transportation in a mountain mining area of Dabaoshan, Southern China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 679:346-358. [PMID: 31085414 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Groundwater discharge to river and the related heavy metal transportation were estimated for Dabaoshan, a mountain mining area where extensive mining activities had been conducted over 40 years. In the lower reach of the mining area, shallow aquifers were contaminated by varies heavy metals due to the discharge of acid mine drainage. Polluted aquifers act as long-term pollution sources to the surrounding gaining rivers, even after the mining activities were stopped. The natural tracer 222Rn was measured for river water of the Hengshi River and groundwater adjacent to the river channel in both wet and dry seasons. The total groundwater discharge rate was estimated to be 17.4-26.7 × 103 m3 day-1 in wet season and 1.9-2.1 × 103 m3 day-1 in dry season; and the river recharge was 5.6 ± 1.0 × 103 m3 day-1 in wet season and 2.1 ± 1.0 × 103 m3 day-1 in dry season. Compared with other mining and natural/artificial factor influenced areas, groundwater discharge rate in Dabaoshan was much lower, but the magnitudes of groundwater-borne Cu, Zn, Mn and Co fluxes were comparable or even much higher. This suggested that groundwater-derived heavy metal fluxes were significant pollution sources to river in the mountain mining area. Meanwhile, the results also suggested that concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cu, Ni, Mn, Fe, Zn and Tl in groundwater increased where the recharge of river water to groundwater occurred, suggesting the recharge of river water can affect heavy metal concentrations of the beneath aquifers, even in a gaining river.
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- Ya Wang
- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resource Survey, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resource Survey, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resource Survey, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute (SRI), Shenzhen, PR China
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Bacterial and Archaeal Assemblages from Two Size Fractions in Submarine Groundwater Near an Industrial Zone. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w11061261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nutrients and organic pollutants transported by submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) play a significant role in controlling water quality, and can lead to the concerned deleterious effects on marine ecosystems. Subterranean estuaries are complicated habitats of diverse microbial communities that mediate different biogeochemical processes. However, there is less information on how microorganisms mediate biogeochemical cycles in the submarine groundwater system. In this study, we investigated the changes in bacterial and archaeal assemblages from two size fractions (0.2–0.45 μm and >0.45 μm) in the submarine groundwater of Qinzhou Bay, China. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Bathyarchaeota was dominant in archaeal communities in the >0.45 μm size fraction, but was seldom in the 0.2–0.45 μm fraction. The co-occurrence of sequences belonging to Bathyarchaeota and Methanosaeta was found in the >0.45 μm size fraction. Since a gene encoding acetate kinase of Bathyarchaeota is involved in acetate production, and acetate is also a necessary growth factor for Methanosaeta, the acetate produced by Bathyarchaeota can provide food or energy sources for Methanosaeta in this very >0.45 μm size fraction. The most abundant bacterial sequences in the >0.45 μm size fraction was closely related to biomineral iron-oxidizing Gallionella spp., whereas the dominant bacterial sequences in the 0.2–0.45 μm fraction were affiliated with Limnohabitans spp., which can utilize dissolved organic matter as an important source of growth substrates. Notably, approximately 10% of the bacterial sequences in both of the two size fractions belonged to Novosphingobium spp., which plays an important role in the degradation of pollutants, especially aromatic compounds. Furthermore, the predictive functional profiling also revealed that the pathways involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds by both bacteria and archaea were identified. The presence of nutrients or pollutants in our study site provides different substrates for the growth of the specific microbial groups; in turn, these microbes may help to deplete pollutants to the ocean through submarine groundwater. We suggest that these specific microbial groups could be potential candidates for effective in situ bioremediation of groundwater ecosystems.
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Rodellas V, Stieglitz TC, Andrisoa A, Cook PG, Raimbault P, Tamborski JJ, van Beek P, Radakovitch O. Groundwater-driven nutrient inputs to coastal lagoons: The relevance of lagoon water recirculation as a conveyor of dissolved nutrients. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 642:764-780. [PMID: 29920463 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Evaluating the sources of nutrient inputs to coastal lagoons is required to understand the functioning of these ecosystems and their vulnerability to eutrophication. Whereas terrestrial groundwater processes are increasingly recognized as relevant sources of nutrients to coastal lagoons, there are still limited studies evaluating separately nutrient fluxes driven by terrestrial groundwater discharge and lagoon water recirculation through sediments. In this study, we assess the relative significance of these sources in conveying dissolved inorganic nutrients (NO3-, NH4+ and PO43-) to a coastal lagoon (La Palme lagoon; France, Mediterranean Sea) using concurrent water and radon mass balances. The recirculation of lagoon water through sediments represents a source of NH4+ (1900-5500 mol d-1) and PO43- (22-71 mol d-1), but acts as a sink of NO3-. Estimated karstic groundwater-driven inputs of NO3-, NH4+ and PO43- to the lagoon are on the order of 200-1200, 1-12 and 1.5-8.7 mol d-1, respectively. A comparison between the main nutrient sources to the lagoon (karstic groundwater, recirculation, diffusion from sediments, inputs from a sewage treatment plant and atmospheric deposition) reveals that the recirculation of lagoon water through sediments is the main source of both dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphorous (DIP) to La Palme lagoon. These results are in contrast with several studies conducted in systems influenced by terrestrial groundwater inputs, where groundwater is often assumed to be the main pathway for dissolved inorganic nutrient loads. This work highlights the important role of lagoon water recirculation through permeable sediments as a major conveyor of dissolved nutrients to coastal lagoons and, thus, the need for a sound understanding of the recirculation-driven nutrient fluxes and their ecological implications to sustainably manage lagoonal ecosystems.
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- Valentí Rodellas
- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France; Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
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- National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia; Aix-Marseille Université, IMéRA, 13000 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), UM110, 13288 Marseille, France
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- LEGOS (CNRS/UPS/CNES/IRD), Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 Ave Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- LEGOS (CNRS/UPS/CNES/IRD), Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 Ave Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LRTA, BP 3, 13115 Saint-Paul-Les-Durance, France
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