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He F, Luo X, Heman A, Chen Z, Jia J. Anthropogenic perturbations on heavy metals transport in sediments in a river-dominated estuary (Modaomen, China) during 2003-2021. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 199:115970. [PMID: 38171160 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115970] [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: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Heavy metal pollutants in sediment greatly impact the estuarine environment and ecosystems, increasingly influenced by anthropogenic perturbations. Here, we examined the surface sediments of the Modaomen estuary in 2003, 2015, and 2021 to understand how human-induced changes influence the fate of heavy metals in the estuary's sediments. The potential ecological risk index (RI) suggests Cd should be the priority pollutant for environmental pollution control due to its high toxicity coefficient. In each sampling period, two main sources were identified through normalized heavy metals and PCA-MLR: natural and mixed anthropogenic sources (agricultural, industrial, and traffic activities), reflecting an increase in heavy metals pollution, later mitigated by successful environmental protection measures. Moreover, anthropogenic activities have not only impacted the sources discharge of heavy metals but have also influenced their spatial and temporal distribution through factors such as land reclamation, leading to sediment coarsening and reduced heavy metal content in specific areas.
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- Fangting He
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Marine Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research/State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology, School of Ocean Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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- Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research/State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology, School of Ocean Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research/State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology, School of Ocean Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Marine Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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Bo G, Fang T, Chen L, Gong Z, Ma J. Shipboard determination of arsenite and total dissolved inorganic arsenic in estuarine and coastal waters with an automated on-site-applicable atomic fluorescence spectrometer. Talanta 2024; 266:125082. [PMID: 37595527 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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The speciation of trace level arsenic (As) in estuarine and coastal waters is crucial for both biogeochemical and toxicological studies of this toxic metalloid. However, the accurate and on-site determination of As in complex seawater matrices is challenging because of the low concentration of As, the easy conversion of arsenite (As(III)) to arsenate (As(V)), and the considerable effect of salinity on the determination of As via conventional methods. In this study, a custom-made shipboard atomic fluorescence spectrometer (AFS) is reported for the on-site speciation of inorganic As in estuarine and coastal waters. After comprehensive optimization of the instrumental and chemical parameters, the method demonstrated high sensitivity (limits of detection: 0.02 μg L-1), good linearity (R2 > 0.999 for all calibration curves up to 8 μg L-1), high precision (relative standard deviations (RSDs) of less than 2% at 1 μg L-1 over a year-long evaluation), and excellent performance for sample analysis for different matrices with varying salinities (recoveries: 96.3%-105.3%). The portable and field-applicable AFS was successfully applied to the on-site and shipboard simultaneous determination of As(III) and total dissolved inorganic arsenic (TDIAs) in the coastal waters of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong province of China, demonstrating its robustness and applicability in harsh conditions.
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- Guangyong Bo
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China; National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, 363000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China; National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, 363000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China; National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, 363000, People's Republic of China.
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Zhou Z, Ali A, Xu L, Su J, Liu S, Li X. Simultaneous removal of phosphorus, zinc, and lead from oligotrophic ecosystem by iron-driven denitrification: Performance and mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 238:117139. [PMID: 37716392 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117139] [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: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Based on the current situation of complex pollution caused in surface water by oligotrophic condition and heavy metal release from river and lake bottom sediments. This study aimed to achieve the simultaneous removal of nitrate, phosphorus, Zn2+ and Pb2+ through microbial approach. At nitrate concentration of 4.82 mg L-1, carbon to nitrogen ratio of 1.5, pH of 6.0, and Fe2+ concentration of 5.0 mg L-1, the nitrate removal efficiency of Zoogloea sp. FY-6 reached 95.17%. The addition of pollutants under these conditions resulted in 88.76% removal of total phosphorus at 18 h, and 85.46 and 78.59% removal of Zn2+ and Pb2+ respectively, and there was competition for adsorption between Zn2+ and Pb2+. Extracellular polymers and fluorescence excitation-emission substrates confirmed that Fe2+ reduced heavy metal toxicity through promoting bacterial production of secretions and promotes denitrification as a carbon source. Meanwhile, contaminant removal curves and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated the synchronous removal of Zn2+ and Pb2+ mainly through biological action and the formation of nanoscale iron oxides. Biological-iron precipitation also provided adsorption sites for phosphorus. This research provides the theoretical foundation for applying microorganisms to restore oligotrophic source water (rivers and lakes) containing complex pollutants.
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- Zhennan Zhou
- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China.
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China; State Key Laboratory of Green Building in West China, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710055, China.
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- School of Environment and Chemistry Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
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- College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, China
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Yu H, Lin T, Hu L, Lammel G, Zhao S, Sun X, Wu X, Guo Z. Sources of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments of the East China marginal seas: Role of unintentionally-produced PCBs. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 338:122707. [PMID: 37816403 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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The production and use of intentionally-produced polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in China have a short history compared with countries of North America and Europe, where technical PCB mixtures were manufactured in large amounts for decades before being banned. Unintentionally-produced PCB emissions increased dramatically in China, leading to unique profiles of PCB burdens. This study first time evaluated 208 individual PCB congeners at 94 sites from surface sediments of the East China Marginal Seas (ECMSs) and explored their sources. Non-technical PCBs transported from atmospheric transport and river discharge played a dominant role in most areas of the ECMSs, while historical residuals of technical PCBs occupied the fine-grained sediments in muddy areas of the central Yellow Sea (YS), regarding to the low sedimentation rate in the central YS. Furthermore, emissions from Taizhou located on the coast of the East China Sea (ECS), which is an important electronic waste dismantling site in East China, contributed additional technical PCBs to the inner shelf of the ECS. Our results indicate that non-technical PCBs have become the dominant PCB species in the ECMSs, and emphasize the synergistic effects of large riverine input, long-range atmospheric transport, and muddy shelf deposition on PCB source and sink of in marginal seas.
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- Huimin Yu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China; Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Shanghai, 202162, China; Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Technology, MOE, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128, Mainz, Germany; RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Technology, MOE, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China; Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Shanghai, 202162, China.
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Fu C, Li Y, Tu C, Hu J, Zeng L, Qian L, Christie P, Luo Y. Dynamics of trace element enrichment in blue carbon ecosystems in relation to anthropogenic activities. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2023; 180:108232. [PMID: 37778288 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108232] [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] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), located at the land-sea interface, provide critical ecological services including the buffering of anthropogenic pollutants. Understanding the interactions between trace element (TE) loads in BCEs and socioeconomic development is imperative to informing management plans to address pollution issues. However, the identification of anthropogenic TE pollution in BCEs remains uncertain due to the complex geochemical and depositional processes and asynchronous socioeconomic development along continental coastlines. Here, priority-controlled TE (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn) concentrations in the mangrove, saltmarsh and seagrass soils and plant tissues along the coastline of China were investigated while taking bare flat and upland soils as corresponding references. We demonstrate that blue carbon (BC) soils accumulated markedly higher concentrations of anthropogenic TEs than the reference soils, mainly due to the effective trapping of fine-grained particles and higher binding capacities. We identify the time course of TE changes over the last 100 years which shows increasing anthropogenic TE accumulation resulting from military activities (1930-1950) and the growth of industrial and agricultural activities (1950-1980), then reaching a maximum after national economic reform (1980-2000). Since the 2000s, decreases in TE discharges driven by socioeconomic reform and strengthened environmental regulations have led to a widespread reversal of anthropogenic TE concentrations in BC soils. Based on the current TE flux we estimate that BCEs can filter over 27.3-100 % of the TEs emitted in industrial wastewaters from Chinese coastal provinces annually. However, the uptake of these TEs by plants can be substantially reduced through various mechanisms offered by edaphic properties such as organic carbon, clay, and sulfur contents. Therefore, enhancing TE filtering while preventing TEs from entering food webs through the conservation and restoration of BCEs will greatly aid in achieving the sustainable development goal of the coastal zone under intensified anthropogenic activities.
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- Chuancheng Fu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Salt Marsh Ecosystems and Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Jiangsu Geological Bureau, Nanjing 210018, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Zeng Y, Wang H, Liang D, Yuan W, Yan Y, Shen Z. Three gorges dam shifts estuarine heavy metal risk through suspended sediment gradation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 338:117784. [PMID: 36989952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Damming alters downstream sediment supply relationships and erosion in the estuarine delta. Given that sediment grainsize serves as a key parameter for the ability to adsorb heavy metals from water, the assessment of estuarine heavy metal risk needs to get connected initially. Hence, fine suspended sediment (<63 μm) in the Yangtze River estuary (YRE) was divided into four grainsize fractions to simulate the surface suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and grainsize composition before and after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD). Representative months were selected for flood peak reduction (October) and runoff compensation in the dry season (March) to maximize the scheduling impact of the TGD on runoff and riverine sediment input to the YRE. An improved Water Quality Index (WQI) approach was proposed to assess the combined risk alteration of five heavy metals in six estuarine sensitive targets due to TGD-induced sediment characteristics. The results demonstrated that TGD significantly but tardily reduced the SSC and the proportion of fine sediment in the YRE, decreasing the risk of heavy metals resuspension. Seasonally, the total SSC became higher in the flood season than in the dry season during post-TGD period. However, the fine SSC in the flood season was averaged only 59.7% of that in the dry season due to the pronounced grainsize coarsening effect. As the significant reduction in fine SSC overcomes the increase in heavy metal content per unit of SS, the integrated resuspension risk declined significantly, particularly for Pb and Cr. Spatially, the risk reduction for sensitive targets near the turbidity maximum zone (TMZ) is 8.4 times greater than for inner river channel. However, undiminished anthropogenic metal inputs to the YRE signified greater pressures on the depositional environment.
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- Yichuan Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Li Z, Li X, Wang S, Che F, Zhang Y, Yang P, Zhang J, Liu Y, Guo H, Fu Z. Adsorption and desorption of heavy metals at water sediment interface based on bayesian model. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 329:117035. [PMID: 36549063 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Estuarine areas are not only the main gathering point for human sewage but also the place where one-way and two-way fluids interact, thus forming a complex and changeable geochemical physical field. Here, heavy metals (HMs) are adsorbed and desorbed due to physical, chemical, and biochemical processes. However, the adsorption and desorption behavior of HMs in the aquatic environment is complex, and physicochemical processes occurring in the estuarine sediment-water interface control the direction and boundaries of the system. This study analyzed the migration and distribution of HMs in rivers and lakes, and established a Bayesian network model to quantitatively understand the impact of nutrients and key environmental factors on the adsorption-desorption behavior of HMs in lake and estuaries, as well as the competitive relationship between environmental factors. The influence of environmental factors and the occurrence of HMs are both important model inputs. Our findings indicated that the migration risk of Cd in Qinghai Lake was high. Environmental factors such as Cation exchange capacity (CEC), Organic matter (OM), Soluble fluoride (SFL), and pH play the most important role in the adsorption and desorption of HMs. Our findings also indicated that the exchange and activity of HMs in sediments were much higher than in the overlying water. The organic matter content was the most complex environmental factor affecting HMS adsorption and desorption at the water-sediment interface. Additionally, the mass concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) has a linear relationship with bioavailable HMs in river and lake sediments, but has no linear relationship with the concentration of water-soluble HMs. Interestingly, there are synergistic effects between environmental factors, which directly or indirectly affect the release of bioavailable HMs. However, it is important to determine whether the effects of different environmental factors on the exchange of bioavailable HMs are negative or positive. Our findings suggested that Bayesian network (BN) signals (positive or negative) could provide insights into the transfer direction of metals in the water-sediment interface.
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- Zheng Li
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environment Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Chen H, Ji C, Hu H, Hu S, Yue S, Zhao M. Bacterial community response to chronic heavy metal contamination in marine sediments of the East China Sea. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 307:119280. [PMID: 35500712 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Marine sediments act as a sink for various heavy metals, which may have profound impact on sedimentary microbiota. However, our knowledge about the collaborative response of bacterial community to chronic heavy metal contamination remains little. In this study, concentrations of seven heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn) in sediments collected from the East China Sea were analyzed and Illumina Miseq 16 S rRNA sequencing was applied to characterize the structure of bacterial community. Microbiota inhabiting sediments in the East China Sea polluted with heavy metals showed different community composition from relatively pristine sites. The response of bacterial community to heavy metal stress was further interrogated with weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA). WGCNA revealed ten bacterial modules exhibiting distinct co-occurrence patterns and among them, five modules were related to heavy metal pollution. Three of them were positively correlated with an increase in at least one heavy metal concentration, hubs (more influential bacterial taxa) of which were previously reported to be involved in the geochemical cycling of heavy metals or possess tolerance to heavy metals, while another two modules showed opposite patterns. Our research suggested that ecological functional transition might have occurred in East China Sea sediments by shifts of community composition with sensitive modules majorly involved in the meaningful global biogeochemical cycling of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen replaced by more tolerant groups of bacteria due to long-term exposure to low-concentration heavy metals. Hubs may serve as indicators of perturbations of benthic bacterial community caused by heavy metal pollution and support monitoring remediation of polluted sites in marine environments.
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- Haofeng Chen
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention Technology, Interdisciplinary Research Academy, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, 310015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fisheries Resources of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
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Miranda LS, Wijesiri B, Ayoko GA, Egodawatta P, Goonetilleke A. Water-sediment interactions and mobility of heavy metals in aquatic environments. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 202:117386. [PMID: 34229194 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The adsorption-desorption behaviour of heavy metals in aquatic environments is complex and the processes are regulated by the continuous interactions between water and sediments. This study provides a quantitative understanding of the effects of nutrients and key water and sediment properties on the adsorption-desorption behaviour of heavy metals in riverine and estuarine environments. The influence levels of the environmental factors were determined as conditional regression coefficients. The research outcomes indicate that the mineralogical composition of sediments, which influence other sediment properties, such as specific surface area and cation exchange capacity, play the most important role in the adsorption and desorption of heavy metals. It was found that particulate organic matter is the most influential nutrient in heavy metals adsorption in the riverine environment, while particulate phosphorus is more important under estuarine conditions. Dissolved nutrients do not exert a significant positive effect on the release of heavy metals in the riverine area, whilst dissolved phosphorus increases the transfer of specific metals from sediments to the overlying water under estuarine conditions. Furthermore, the positive interdependencies between marine-related ions and the release of most heavy metals in the riverine and estuarine environments indicate an increase in the mobility of heavy metals as a result of cation exchange reactions.
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- Lorena S Miranda
- Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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- Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia; Centre for the Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia; Centre for the Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia; Centre for the Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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