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Xing Y, Cheng L, Zheng L, Wu H, Tan Q, Wang X, Tian Q. Brownification increases the abundance of microorganisms related to carbon and nitrogen cycling in shallow lakes. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 257:119243. [PMID: 38810820 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119243] [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: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Brownification in aquatic ecosystems under global change has attracted attention. The composition and quantity of dissolved organic matter transported from various land use types to lakes differ significantly, causing varying ecological effects of lake brownification by region. Bacterial communities make a significant contribution to the material cycle of ecosystems and are sensitive to environmental changes. In this study, a series of mesocosm systems were used to simulate forest lakes and urban lakes with different degrees of brownification, and a high-throughput amplicon sequencing technique was used to explore the changes in the composition, structure, and function of bacterial communities in shallow lakes undergoing brownification. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and Jensen‒Shannon distance typing analysis both indicated significant differences in bacterial communities between forest lakes and urban lakes. The α diversity of bacterial communities in urban lakes increased with the degree of brownification. However, whether forest lakes or urban lakes, brownification increased the abundance of carbon cycling-related bacterial phyla (Proteobacteria, Poribacteria, and Chloroflexi) and nitrogen cycling-related bacterial genera (Microbacteriaceae, Limnohabitans, Comamonadaceae, Bacillus, and Rhizobiales_Incertae_Sedis). Additionally, the carbon and nitrogen cycling functions of bacterial communities in forest lakes are dominant, while those in urban lakes are dominated by functions related to light. Our study has preliminarily revealed that lake brownification promotes the growth of carbon and nitrogen cycling microorganisms, providing a new paradigm for understanding the response of lake ecosystems in different catchment areas to environmental changes and the carbon and nitrogen cycling processes in shallow lake ecosystems.
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- Yuzi Xing
- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Xiao R, Huang D, Du L, Tang X, Song B, Yin L, Chen Y, Zhou W, Gao L, Li R, Huang H, Zeng G. Molecular insights into linkages among free-floating macrophyte-derived organic matter, the fate of antibiotic residues, and antibiotic resistance genes. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 471:134351. [PMID: 38653136 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134351] [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: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Macrophyte rhizospheric dissolved organic matter (ROM) served as widespread abiotic components in aquatic ecosystems, and its effects on antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) could not be ignored. However, specific influencing mechanisms for ROM on the fate of antibiotic residues and expression of ARGs still remained unclear. Herein, laboratory hydroponic experiments for water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) were carried out to explore mutual interactions among ROM, sulfamethoxazole (SMX), bacterial community, and ARGs expression. Results showed ROM directly affect SMX concentrations through the binding process, while CO and N-H groups were main binding sites for ROM. Dynamic changes of ROM molecular composition diversified the DOM pool due to microbe-mediated oxidoreduction, with enrichment of heteroatoms (N, S, P) and decreased aromaticity. Microbial community analysis showed SMX pressure significantly stimulated the succession of bacterial structure in both bulk water and rhizospheric biofilms. Furthermore, network analysis further confirmed ROM bio-labile compositions as energy sources and electron shuttles directly influenced microbial structure, thereby facilitating proliferation of antibiotic resistant bacteria (Methylotenera, Sphingobium, Az spirillum) and ARGs (sul1, sul2, intl1). This investigation will provide scientific supports for the control of antibiotic residues and corresponding ARGs in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Ruihao Xiao
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
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You J, Liu F, Wang Y, Duan C, Zhang L, Li H, Wang J, Xu H. Photo-methanification of aquatic dissolved organic matters with different origins under aerobic conditions: Non-negligible role of hydroxyl radicals. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 256:121609. [PMID: 38615601 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121609] [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: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Lingering inconsistencies in the global methane (CH4) budget and ambiguity in CH4 sources and sinks triggered efforts to identify new CH4 formation pathways in natural ecosystems. Herein, we reported a novel mechanism of light-induced generation of hydroxyl radicals (•OH) that drove the production of CH4 from aquatic dissolved organic matters (DOMs) under ambient conditions. A total of five DOM samples with different origins were applied to examine their potential in photo-methanification production under aerobic conditions, presenting a wide range of CH4 production rates from 3.57 × 10-3 to 5.90 × 10-2 nmol CH4 mg-C-1 h-1. Experiments of •OH generator and scavenger indicated that the contribution of •OH to photo-methanificaiton among different DOM samples reached about 4∼42 %. In addition, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry showed that the carbohydrate- and lipid-like substances containing nitrogen-bonded methyl groups, methyl ester, acetyl groups, and ketones, were the potential precursors for light-induced CH4 production. Based on the experimental results and simulated calculations, the contribution of photo-methanification of aquatic DOMs to the diffusive CH4 flux across the water-air interface in a typical eutrophic shallow lake (e.g., Lake Chaohu) ranged from 0.1 % to 18.3 %. This study provides a new perspective on the pathways of CH4 formation in aquatic ecosystems and a deeper understanding on the sources and sinks of global CH4.
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- Jikang You
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, 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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Li T, Xu L, Li W, Wang C, Gin KYH, Chai X, Wu B. Dissolved organic carbon spurs bacterial-algal competition and phosphorus-paucity adaptation: Boosting Microcystis' phosphorus uptake capacity. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 255:121465. [PMID: 38569356 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) can alter the availability of background nutrients by affecting the proliferation of heterotrophic bacteria, which exerts a notable influence on algal growth and metabolism. However, the mechanism of how allochthonous DOC (aDOC) precipitates shifts in bacterial-algal interactions and modulates the occurrence of cyanobacteria blooms remains inadequately elucidated. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between bacteria and algae under aDOC stimulation. We found that excess aDOC triggered the breakdown and reestablishment of the equilibrium between Microcystis and heterotrophic bacteria. The rapid proliferation of heterotrophic bacteria led to a dramatic decrease in soluble phosphorus and thereby resulted in the inhibition of the Microcystis growth. When the available DOC was depleted, the rapid death of heterotrophic bacteria released large amounts of dissolved phosphorus, which provided sufficient nutrients for the recovery of Microcystis. Notably, Microcystis rejuvenated and showed higher cell density compared to the carbon-absent group. This phenomenon can be ascribed that Microcystis regulated the compositions of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and the expression of relevant proteins to adapt to a nutrient-limited environment. Using time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIM) and proteomic analysis, we observed an enhancement of the signal of organic matter and metal ions associated with P complexation in EPS. Moreover, Microcystis upregulated proteins related to organic phosphorus transformation to increase the availability of phosphorus in various forms. In summary, this study emphasized the role of DOC in algal blooms, revealing the underestimated enhancement of Microcystis nutrient utilization through DOC-induced heterotrophic competition and providing valuable insights into eutrophication management and control.
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- Tingting Li
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, #15-02, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Yang X, Zhou Y, Yang X, Zhang Y, Spencer RG, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E, Zhang H, Zhou Q. Optical measurements of dissolved organic matter as proxies for COD Mn and BOD 5 in plateau lakes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 19:100326. [PMID: 38089436 PMCID: PMC10711167 DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2023.100326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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The presence of organic matter in lakes profoundly impacts drinking water supplies, yet treatment processes involving coagulants and disinfectants can yield carcinogenic disinfection by-products. Traditional assessments of organic matter, such as chemical oxygen demand (CODMn) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), are often time-consuming. Alternatively, optical measurements of dissolved organic matter (DOM) offer a rapid and reliable means of obtaining organic matter composition data. Here we employed DOM optical measurements in conjunction with parallel factor analysis to scrutinize CODMn and BOD5 variability. Validation was performed using an independent dataset encompassing six lakes on the Yungui Plateau from 2014 to 2016 (n = 256). Leveraging multiple linear regressions (MLRs) applied to DOM absorbance at 254 nm (a254) and fluorescence components C1-C5, we successfully traced CODMn and BOD5 variations across the entire plateau (68 lakes, n = 271, R2 > 0.8, P < 0.0001). Notably, DOM optical indices yielded superior estimates (higher R2) of CODMn and BOD5 during the rainy season compared to the dry season and demonstrated increased accuracy (R2 > 0.9) in mesotrophic lakes compared to oligotrophic and eutrophic lakes. This study underscores the utility of MLR-based DOM indices for inferring CODMn and BOD5 variability in plateau lakes and highlights the potential of integrating in situ and remote sensing platforms for water pollution early warning.
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- Xuan Yang
- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- Institute of International River and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- Zhejiang College of Security Technology, Wenzhou, 325016, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, 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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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- Institute of International River and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, 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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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306, United States
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- Water Research Centre, School of Biological Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
- Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- Limnology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Ecosystem Research and Implementation, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey
- Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Erdemli, Mersin, 33731, Turkey
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Management of Plateau Lake-Watershed, Yunnan Research Academy of Eco-environmental Sciences, Kunming, 650034, China
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Jiang P, Li S. Insights into priming effects of dissolved organic matter degradation in urban lakes with different trophic states. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 245:118063. [PMID: 38160975 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118063] [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: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Priming effect (PE) is recognized as an important potential mechanism for dissolved organic matter (DOM) degradation in aquatic ecosystems. However, the priming effects (PEs) of various priming substances on the degradation of DOM pools in urban lakes along diverse trophic states remain unknown. To address this knowledge gap, the PEs and drivers of glucose and plant leachate of lake water with three trophic states were investigated. We reveal differences in the bioavailability of DOM in lake water, glucose, and plant leachate. The PE of the same priming substance was significantly higher in highly-eutrophic lake water than in mesotrophic lake. The priming intensity induced by glucose was significantly higher when compared to plant leachate. Regarding the addition of glucose, humic-like components (C1 and C3) showed slight PE, while the tyrosine-like component C2 showed negative PE. However, the positive PEs were observed on three components after adding plant leachate. The driver of PE by glucose shifted from nutrients to DOM components with increasing trophic levels. The PEs induced by plant leachate were affected by nutrients, chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), water chemistry, and DOM components in lightly/moderately-eutrophic lake water. This study revealed the intensities, directions, and drivers of PEs, providing essential insights into uncovering the DOM biogeochemical process in urban lakes.
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- Ping Jiang
- School of Environmental Ecology and Biological Engineering, Institute of Changjiang Water Environment and Ecological Security, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- School of Environmental Ecology and Biological Engineering, Institute of Changjiang Water Environment and Ecological Security, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China.
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Yang X, Zhou Y, Yu Z, Li J, Yang H, Huang C, Jeppesen E, Zhou Q. Influence of hydrological features on CO 2 and CH 4 concentrations in the surface water of lakes, Southwest China: A seasonal and mixing regime analysis. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 251:121131. [PMID: 38246081 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121131] [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: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Due to the large spatiotemporal variability in the processes controlling carbon emissions from lakes, estimates of global lake carbon emission remain uncertain. Identifying the most reliable predictors of CO2 and CH4 concentrations across different hydrological features can enhance the accuracy of carbon emission estimates locally and globally. Here, we used data from 71 lakes in Southwest China varying in surface area (0.01‒702.4 km2), mean depth (< 1‒89.6 m), and climate to analyze differences in CO2 and CH4 concentrations and their driving mechanisms between the dry and rainy seasons and between different mixing regimes. The results showed that the average concentrations of CO2 and CH4 in the rainy season were 23.9 ± 18.8 μmol L-1 and 2.5 ± 4.9 μmol L-1, respectively, which were significantly higher than in the dry season (10.5 ± 10.3 μmol L-1 and 1.8 ± 4.2 μmol L-1, respectively). The average concentrations of CO2 and CH4 at the vertically mixed sites were 24.1 ± 21.8 μmol L-1 and 2.6 ± 5.4 μmol L-1, being higher than those at the stratified sites (14.8 ± 13.4 μmol L-1 and 1.7 ± 3.5 μmol L-1, respectively). Moreover, the environmental factors were divided into four categories, i.e., system productivity (represented by the contents of total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a and dissolved organic matter), physicochemical factors (water temperature, Secchi disk depth, dissolved oxygen and pH value), lake morphology (lake area, water depth and drainage ratio), and geoclimatic factors (altitude, wind speed, precipitation and land-use intensity). In addition to the regression and variance partitioning analyses between the concentrations of CO2 and CH4 and environmental factors, the cascading effects of environmental factors on CO2 and CH4 concentrations were further elucidated under four distinct hydrological scenarios, indicating the different driving mechanisms between the scenarios. Lake morphology and geoclimatic factors were the main direct drivers of the carbon concentrations during the rainy season, while they indirectly affected the carbon concentrations via influencing physicochemical factors and further system productivity during the dry season; although lake morphology and geoclimatic factors directly contributed to the carbon concentrations at the vertically mixed and stratified sites, the direct effect of system productivity was only observed at the stratified sites. Our results emphasize that, when estimating carbon emissions from lakes at broad spatial scales, it is essential to consider the influence of precipitation-related seasons and lake mixing regimes.
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- Xiaoying Yang
- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, 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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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pollution Process and Management of Plateau Lake-Watershed, Yunnan Research Academy of Eco-environmental Sciences, Kunming 650034, China.
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Deng P, Zhou Q, Luo J, Hu X, Yu F. Urbanization influences dissolved organic matter characteristics but microbes affect greenhouse gas concentrations in lakes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169191. [PMID: 38092202 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169191] [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: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Recognition and prediction of dissolved organic matter (DOM) properties and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical to understanding climate change and the fate of carbon in aquatic ecosystems, but related data is challenging to interpret due to covariance in multiple natural and anthropogenic variables with high spatial and temporal heterogeneity. Here, machine learning modeling combined with environmental analysis reveals that urbanization (e.g., population density and artificial surfaces) rather than geography determines DOM composition and properties in lakes. The structure of the bacterial community is the dominant factor determining GHG emissions from lakes. Urbanization increases DOM bioavailability and decreases the DOM degradation index (Ideg), increasing the potential for DOM conversion into inorganic carbon in lakes. The traditional fossil fuel-based path (SSP5) scenario increases carbon emission potential. Land conversion from water bodies into artificial surfaces causes organic carbon burial. It is predicted that increased urbanization will accelerate the carbon cycle in lake ecosystems in the future, which deserves attention in climate models and in the management of global warming.
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- Peng Deng
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Kajan K, Osterholz H, Stegen J, Gligora Udovič M, Orlić S. Mechanisms shaping dissolved organic matter and microbial community in lake ecosystems. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 245:120653. [PMID: 37742402 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Lakes are active components of the global carbon cycle and host a range of processes that degrade and modify dissolved organic matter (DOM). Through the degradation of DOM molecules and the synthesis of new compounds, microbes in aquatic environments strongly and continuously influence chemodiversity, which can feedback to influence microbial diversity. Developing a better understanding of the biodiversity patterns that emerge along spatial and environmental gradients is one of the key objectives of community ecology. A changing climate may affect ecological feedback, including those that affect microbial communities. To maintain the function of a lake ecosystem and predict carbon cycling in the environment, it is increasingly important to understand the coupling between microbial and DOM diversity. To unravel the biotic and abiotic mechanisms that control the structure and patterns of DOM and microbial communities in lakes, we combined high-throughput sequencing and ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry together with a null modeling approach. The advantage of null models is their ability to evaluate the relative influences of stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in both DOM and microbial community assemblages. The present study includes spatiotemporal signatures of DOM and the microbial community in six temperate lakes contrasting continental and Mediterranean climates during the productive season. Different environmental conditions and nutrient sources characterized the studied lakes. Our results have shown high covariance between molecular-level DOM diversity and the diversity of individual microbial communities especially with diversity of microeukaryotes and free-living bacteria indicating their dynamic feedback. We found that the differences between lakes and climatic regions were mainly reflected in the diversity of DOM at the molecular formula-level and the microeukaryota community. Furthermore, using null models the DOM assembly was governed by deterministic variable selection operating consistently and strongly within and among lakes. In contrast, microbial community assembly processes were highly variable across lakes with different trophic status and climatic regions. Difference in the processes governing DOM and microbial composition does not indicate weak coupling between these components, rather it suggests that distinct factors may be influencing microbial communities and DOM assemblages separately. Further understanding of the DOM-microbe coupling (or lack thereof) is key to formulating predictive models of future lake ecology and function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katarina Kajan
- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Center of Excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean Region (STIM), Split, Croatia
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany; Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Center of Excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean Region (STIM), Split, Croatia.
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Kang W, Hu X, Feng R, Wei C, Yu F. DOM Associates with Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Chinese Rivers under Diverse Land Uses. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:15004-15013. [PMID: 37782146 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Growing evidence indicates that rivers are hotspots of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and play multiple roles in the global carbon budget. However, the roles of terrestrial carbon from land use in river GHG emissions remain largely unknown. We studied the microbial composition, dissolved organic matter (DOM) properties, and GHG emission responses to different landcovers in rivers (n = 100). The bacterial community was mainly constrained by land-use intensity, whereas the fungal community was mainly controlled by DOM chemical composition (e.g., terrestrial DOM with high photoreactivity). Anthropogenic stressors (e.g., land-use intensity, gross regional domestic product, and total population) were the main factors affecting chromophoric DOM (CDOM). DOM biodegradability exhibited a positive correlation with CDOM and contributed to microbial activity for DOM transformation. Variations in CO2 and CH4 emissions were governed by the biodegradation or photomineralization of dissolved organic carbon derived from autotrophic DOM and were indirectly affected by land use via changes in DOM properties and water chemistry. Because the GHG emissions of rivers offset some of the climatic benefits of terrestrial carbon (or ocean) sinks, intensified urban land use inevitably alters carbon cycling and changes the regional microclimate.
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- Weilu Kang
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Carbon Neutrality Interdisciplinary Science Centre, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Carbon Neutrality Interdisciplinary Science Centre, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Carbon Neutrality Interdisciplinary Science Centre, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Carbon Neutrality Interdisciplinary Science Centre, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education), Carbon Neutrality Interdisciplinary Science Centre, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Wu R, Guo W, Li Y, Deng S, Chang J. Land use regulates the spectroscopic properties and sources of dissolved organic matter in the inflowing rivers of a large plateau lake in southwestern China: implication for organic pollution control. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:94623-94638. [PMID: 37535281 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29037-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) transported by inflowing rivers can considerably contribute to the organic loadings of lakes. The current study characterized the DOM properties and source apportionment in the inflowing rivers of Dianchi Lake, the sixth largest freshwater lake in China suffering from organic pollution, during the rainy season by using spectroscopic and carbon stable isotope techniques, and the regulation role of land use was assessed. The results showed that land use (urbanized, agricultural, or mixed) largely affected DOM properties. Greater concentrations and fluorescence intensities of DOM with low aromaticity and dominant autochthonous sources were observed in the urban rivers than in the agricultural rivers. The proportion of humic-like substances increased, while that of tryptophan-like matter decreased from upstream to downstream of two main urban rivers. DOM in the agricultural rivers was characterized by more amounts of aromatic humic-like substances with dominant allochthonous sources compared to that in the urban rivers. Stable isotope analysis showed that the decomposition of macrophytes and input of terrestrial sources from C3 plant-dominated soil and sewage were the major DOM origins in the rivers. The positive linear relationship between the chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration and fluorescence intensities of terrigenous DOM components implied the necessity of controlling exogenous inputs to alleviate organic pollution in the Dianchi Lake.
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- Rong Wu
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Plateau Mountain Ecology and Restoration of Degraded Environments, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Basin Water Environmental Research Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430014, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Plateau Mountain Ecology and Restoration of Degraded Environments, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Plateau Mountain Ecology and Restoration of Degraded Environments, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Plateau Mountain Ecology and Restoration of Degraded Environments, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
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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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Chen W, Yu Z, Yang X, Wang T, Li Z, Wen X, He Y, Zhang C. Unveiling the Role of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Hg Phytoavailability in Biochar-Amended Soils. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:3761. [PMID: 36834455 PMCID: PMC9963283 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043761] [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: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biochar can effectively reduce the phytoavailability of mercury (Hg) in soil, but the mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, the dynamic changes in Hg content adsorbed by the biochar (BC-Hg), Hg phytoavailability in the soil (P-Hg), and soil dissolved organic matter (DOM) characteristics were determined over a 60-day treatment period. Biochar obtained at 300 °C, 500 °C and 700 °C reduced the P-Hg concentration assessed by MgCl2 extraction by 9.4%, 23.5% and 32.7%, respectively. However, biochar showed a very limited adsorption on Hg, with the maximum BC-Hg content only accounting for 1.1% of the total amount. High-resolution scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) results showed that the proportion of Hg atoms in biochar after 60 d was barely detectable. Biochar treatment can shift soil DOM toward higher aromatic content and molecular weight. Additionally, the addition of high-temperature biochar increased more humus-like components, but low-temperature biochar increased more protein-like components. Correlation analysis and partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) showed that biochar promoted humus-like fractions formation to reduce the Hg phytoavailability. This research has deepened the understanding of the mechanisms by which biochar stabilizes Hg in agricultural soils.
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- Wenhao Chen
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (Formerly AWMC), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China
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