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Dubey D, Kumar S, Dutta V. Anthropogenic disturbances influence mineral and elemental constituents of freshwater lake sediments. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1459. [PMID: 37950807 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12063-2] [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: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
Abstract
Lake sediments can provide valuable insights into anthropogenic disturbances such as intensive aquaculture and land use changes. These disturbances often manifest as elevated levels of nutrients and elements within the sediments. This paper uses several analytical techniques, i.e., FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy), XRD (X-ray diffraction), EDS (energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy), and SEM (scanning electron microscopy), to examine the elemental constituents of lake sediments, along with their relative mineral abundances and surface morphology. The selected freshwater lakes are from the Central Gangetic Plain. The analysis provides a "fingerprint" of geogenic and biogenic mineral constituents of the sediments. Physicochemical, mineralogical, and elemental analysis shows that intensive aquaculture activities in lake alter the sediment chemistry as evidenced by the increase in pH, organic carbon, organic matter, and total phosphorus which is not observed in the lake where aquaculture is prohibited. Freshwater lake sediment is characterized by a high content of biogenic silica and carbonate minerals. The variations in sediment nutrients and mineral fluxes of the selected lakes are mainly attributed to diverse anthropogenic pressures, differences in lake productivity, and the overall ecological condition of the lakes. In the selected three lakes, major variation was reported in the autochthonous sediments in comparison to the allochthonous sediments. The study concludes that catchment and biotic deposit variations in the lakes cannot be evened out by in-lake mixing mechanisms due to variations in the terrigenous and pelagic deposits of the lake. The results highlight the importance of studying annual fluctuations and spatial variations in geogenic and biogenic mineral particle fluxes in lakes. Such investigations provide valuable insights into the annual dynamics of minerals within lakes, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of their behavior and distribution.
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- Divya Dubey
- River Systems and Aquatic Ecology Lab, Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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- River Systems and Aquatic Ecology Lab, Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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- River Systems and Aquatic Ecology Lab, Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.
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Wang X, Jiang Q, Zhao Z, Han X, Liu J, Liu Q, Xue B, Yang H. Comparison of spatiotemporal burial and contamination of heavy metals in core sediments of two plateau lakes with contrasting environments: implication for anthropogenic-driven processes. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1178. [PMID: 37690077 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11764-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Investigating the impacts of climatic factors and human activities on sedimentary records of heavy metal (HM) contamination in lakes is essential for decision-making in global environmental monitoring and assessment. Spatiotemporal distributions of grain size (GS) and HM (Al, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, and Pb) concentrations have been conducted in core sediments that are collected from two adjacent plateau fault-bound lakes in southwest China with contrasting environments, i.e., deep oligotrophic Lake Fuxian (FX) and shallow hypertrophic Lake Xingyun (XY). Results showed that the average value of d50 in FX (4.61 μm) was lower than that in XY (8.35 μm), but the average concentrations of HMs (except Cr and Mn) in XY were higher than those in FX. Heavy metal burial rates (HMBR) were mainly controlled by sediment accumulation rates (SARs) rather than HM concentrations. The correlation coefficients between GS and HM concentrations became strong as the increasing water depths were associated with a stable sedimentary environment. Time-integrated enrichment factors (EF) and source identification of HMs between FX and XY represented that Cr, Ni, and Cu originated from natural sources but Mn, Zn, As, and Pb from anthropogenic sources, respectively. Regardless of FX and XY, the transition times of HMs from natural to anthropogenic sources occurred in the mid-1960s. Comparison of qualification impacts of climatic factors and human-induced factors on increased anthropogenic HMBR by the partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) implied that socio-economic activities, such as population density (PD) and gross domestic product (GDP), provided higher contributors to increased anthropogenic HMBR in XY (0.23/0.71) than FX (0.11/0.18). The comparative results of this study provided new insights into environmental monitoring and management of HM contamination for adjacent lakes with contrasting environments.
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- Xiaolei Wang
- School of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, 211171, China
- 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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- School of Geographical Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China.
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, 211171, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, 211171, China
- 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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- School of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, 211171, 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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- School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Proshad R, Dey HC, Khan MSU, Baroi A, Kumar S, Idris AM. Source-oriented risks apportionment of toxic metals in river sediments of Bangladesh: a national wide application of PMF model and pollution indices. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:6769-6792. [PMID: 36633753 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-022-01455-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Intense human activities, particularly industrial and agricultural output, has enriched metal(loid)s in riverine sediment and endangered aquatic ecosystems and human health. Promoting proper river management requires an assessment of the possible ecological hazards and pollution posed by metal(loid)s in sediments. However, there are limited large-scale risk assessments of metal(loid)s contamination in riverine sediment in heavily populated nations like Bangladesh. This study compiled data on sediment metal(loid)s, for example, Cd, As, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, Mn, and Zn, from 24 major rivers located across Bangladesh between 2011 and 2022 and applied positive matrix factorization (PMF) to identify the critical metal(loid)s sources and PMF model-based ecological risks. Based on studied metal(loid)s, 12-78% of rivers posed higher contents than the upper continental crust and 8% of the river sediments for Cr and Ni, whereas 4% for Cd and As exceeded probable effect concentration. Cr and Ni in the sum of toxic units (STU), whereas Mn, As and Cd in potential ecological risk (PER) posed the highest contribution to contaminate sediments. In the studied rivers, sediment contaminant Mn derived from natural sources; Zn and Ni originated from mixed sources; Cr and Cu were released from the tannery and industrial emissions and Cd originated from agricultural practices. Source-based PER and NIRI indicated that mixed source (4% rivers) and tannery and industrial emission (4% rivers) posed very high risks in sediments. For the creation of macroscale policies and the restoration of contaminated rivers, our national-scale comprehensive study offers helpful references.
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- Ram Proshad
- Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh
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- Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- University of Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia
- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia
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Li D, Chang F, Zhang Y, Duan L, Liu Q, Li H, Hu G, Zhang X, Gao Y, Zhang H. Arsenic migration at the sediment-water interface of anthropogenically polluted Lake Yangzong, Southwest China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 879:163205. [PMID: 37004769 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The lability and controlling factors of arsenic (As) at the sediment-water interface (SWI) are crucial for understanding As behaviors and fates in As-contaminated areas. In this study, we combined high-resolution (5 mm) sampling using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and equilibrium dialysis sampling (HR-Peeper), sequential extraction (BCR), fluorescence signatures, and fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEMs)-parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) to explore the complex mechanisms of As migration in a typical artificially polluted lake, Lake Yangzong (YZ). The study results showed that a high proportion of the reactive As fractions in sediments can resupply pore water in soluble forms during the change from the dry season (winter, oxidizing period) to the rainy season (summer, reductive period). In dry season, the copresence of Fe oxide-As and organic matter (OM)-As complexes was related to the high dissolved As concentration in pore water and limited exchange between the pore water and overlying water. In the rainy season, with the change in redox conditions, the reduction of Fe-Mn oxides and OM degradation by microorganisms resulted in As deposition and exchange with the overlying water. Partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) indicated that OM affected the redox and As migration processes through degradation. Based on comprehensive analyses of the As, Fe, Mn, S and OM levels at the SWI, we suggest that the complexation and desorption of dissolved organic matter and Fe oxides play an important role in As cycling. Our findings shed new light on the cascading drivers of As migration and OM features in seasonal lakes and constitute a valuable reference for scenarios with similar conditions.
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- Donglin Li
- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China.
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China; Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
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