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Alvarez JG, Borges DS, Franklin EM. Dataset of turbulent flow over interacting barchan dunes. Data Brief 2024; 52:109978. [PMID: 38152502 PMCID: PMC10751826 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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Barchans are dunes commonly found in dune fields on Earth, Mars and other celestial bodies, where they can interact with each other. This article concerns experimental data for the flow over subaqueous barchans that are either isolated or interacting with each other. The experiments were carried out in a transparent channel of rectangular cross section in which turbulent water flows were imposed over either one single or a pair of barchans. The instantaneous flow fields were measured by using a low-frequency PIV (particle image velocimetry) and high-frequency PTV (particle tracking velocimetry). From the PIV and PTV data, the mean flow, trajectories, and second-order moments were computed, which are included in the datasets described in this paper, together with raw data (images), instantaneous fields, and scripts to process them. The datasets can be reused for benchmarking or for processing new images generated by other research groups.
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- Jimmy G. Alvarez
- Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Mendeleyev, 200, Campinas, SP 13083-860, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Mendeleyev, 200, Campinas, SP 13083-860, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Mendeleyev, 200, Campinas, SP 13083-860, Brazil
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Tavkhelidze A, Buck-Sorlin G, Kurth W. Modeling Xylem Functionality Aspects. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2722:35-49. [PMID: 37897598 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3477-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Depending on the questions to be answered, water flow in the xylem can be modelled following different approaches with varying spatial and temporal resolution. When focussing on the influence of hydraulic architecture upon flow dynamics, distribution of water potentials in a tree crown or questions of vulnerability of the hydraulic system, functional-structural plant models, which link representations of morphological structure with simulated processes and with a virtual environment, can be a promising tool. Such a model will then include a network of idealized xylem segments, each representing the conducting part of a stem or branch segment, and a numerical machinery suitable for solving a system of differential equations on it reflecting the hydrodynamic laws, which are the basis of the broadly accepted cohesion-tension theory of water flow in plants. We will discuss functional-structural plant models, the simplifications that are useful for hydraulic simulations within this framework, the deduction of the used differential equations from basic physical conservation laws, and their numerical solution, as well as additional necessary models of radiation, photosynthesis, and stomatal conductance. In some supplementary notes, we are shortly addressing some related questions, for example, about root systems or about the relation between macro-scale hydraulic parameters and fine-grained (anatomical) xylem structure.
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- IRHS, INRAE, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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Page CE, Ainsworth TD, Leggat W, Egan S, Gupta AS, Raoult V, Gaston TF. Localising terrestrially derived pollution inputs to threatened near-shore coral reefs through stable isotope, water quality and oceanographic analysis. Mar Pollut Bull 2023; 193:115193. [PMID: 37399735 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Near-shore coral reefs are at high-risk of exposure to pollution from terrestrial activities. Pollution impacts can vary with site-specific factors that span sources, rainfall and oceanographic characteristics. To effectively manage pollution, we need to understand how these factors interact. In this study, we detect terrestrially derived nutrient inputs on near-shore reefs at Norfolk Island, South Pacific by analysis of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and stable isotopes. When compared to a reef site with predominantly oceanic inputs, we found that both the lagoon and a small reef adjacent to a catchment have signatures of human-derived DIN shown through depleted δ15N signatures in macroalgae. We find pollution exposure of reef sites is associated with known and unknown sources, rainfall and mixing of water with the open ocean. In characterising exposure of reef sites we highlight the role of site-specific context in influencing pollution exposure for benthic communities even in remote island systems.
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- C E Page
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia.
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
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- University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University Dr, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
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- University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University Dr, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Marine Ecology Group, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
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- University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University Dr, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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Urakawa H, Steele JH, Hancock TL, Dahedl EK, Schroeder ER, Sereda JV, Kratz MA, García PE, Armstrong RA. Interaction among spring phytoplankton succession, water discharge patterns, and hydrogen peroxide dynamics in the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida. Harmful Algae 2023; 126:102434. [PMID: 37290882 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phytoplankton communities are major primary producers in the aquatic realm and are responsible for shaping aquatic ecosystems. The dynamics of algal blooms could be determined by a succession of variable taxonomic groups, which are altered based on complex environmental factors such as nutrient availability and hydraulic factors. In-river structures potentially increase the occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) by increasing water residence time and deteriorating water quality. How flowing water stimulates cell growth and affects the population dynamics of phytoplankton communities is a prioritized question that needs to be addressed for water management tactics. The goal of this study was to determine if an interaction between water flow and water chemistry is present, furthermore, to determine the relationship among phytoplankton community successions in the Caloosahatchee River, a subtropical river strongly influenced by human-controlled water discharge patterns from Lake Okeechobee. Particularly we focused on how phytoplankton community shifts influence the natural abundance of hydrogen peroxide, the most stable reactive oxygen species and a byproduct of oxidative photosynthesis. High-throughput amplicon sequencing using universal primers amplify 23S rRNA gene in cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algal plastids revealed that Synechococcus and Cyanobium were the dominant cyanobacterial genera and their relative abundance ranged between 19.5 and 95.3% of the whole community throughout the monitoring period. Their relative abundance declined when the water discharge increased. On the contrary, the relative abundance of eukaryotic algae sharply increased after water discharge increased. As water temperature increased in May, initially dominant Dolichospermum decreased as Microcystis increased. When Microcystis declined other filamentous cyanobacteria such as Geitlerinema, Pseudanabaena, and Prochlorothreix increased in their relative abundances. Interestingly, a peak of extracellular hydrogen peroxide was observed when Dolichospermum dominance was ended, and M. aeruginosa numbers increased. Overall, phytoplankton communities were strongly impacted by human-induced water discharge patterns.
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- Hidetoshi Urakawa
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA; School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA; School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA
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- Grupo de Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos a escala de Paisaje (GESAP), INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, Quintral 1250, CP8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Lee County Environmental Laboratory, Fort Myers, FL 33907, United States of America
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Southwell RV, Hilton SL, Pearson JM, Hand LH, Bending GD. Water flow plays a key role in determining chemical biodegradation in water-sediment systems. Sci Total Environ 2023; 880:163282. [PMID: 37023820 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Before agrochemicals can be registered and sold, the chemical industry is required to perform regulatory tests to assess their environmental persistence, using defined guidelines. Aquatic fate tests (e.g. OECD 308) lack environmental realism as they are conducted under dark conditions and in small-scale static systems, which can affect microbial diversity and functionality. In this study, water-sediment microflumes were used to investigate the impact of these deficiencies in environmental realism on the fate of the fungicide, isopyrazam. Although on a large-scale, these systems aimed to retain the key aspects of OECD 308 tests. Tests were carried out under both a non-UV light-dark cycle and continuous darkness and under both static and flowing water conditions, to investigate how light and water flow affect isopyrazam biodegradation pathways. In static systems, light treatment played a significant role, with faster dissipation in illuminated compared to dark microflumes (DT50s = 20.6 vs. 47.7 days). In flowing systems (DT50s = 16.8 and 15.3 days), light did not play a significant role in dissipation, which was comparable between the two light treatments, and faster than in dark static microflumes. Microbial phototroph biomass was significantly reduced by water flow in the illuminated systems, thereby reducing their contribution to dissipation. Comprehensive analysis of bacterial and eukaryotic community composition identified treatment specific changes following incubation, with light promoting relative abundance of Cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae, and flow increasing relative abundance of fungi. We conclude that both water velocity and non-UV light increased isopyrazam dissipation, but the contribution of light depended on the flow conditions. These differences may have resulted from impacts on microbial communities and via mixing processes, particularly hyporheic exchange. Inclusion of both light and flow in studies could improve the extent they mimic natural environments and predict chemical environmental persistence, thus bridging the gap between laboratory and field studies.
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- Rebecca V Southwell
- School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; Product Safety, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Syngenta, Bracknell, Berkshire RG4 6EY, UK.
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- School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Product Safety, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Syngenta, Bracknell, Berkshire RG4 6EY, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Adebayo A, Kiani S, Ruotsalainen AL, Pirttilä AM, Lehosmaa K. Growth of floating hook-moss (Warnstorfia fluitans) differs with nutrient and water flow adjustments in greenhouse and cold room conditions. Heliyon 2023; 9:e12821. [PMID: 36691525 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Floating hook-moss (Warnstorfia fluitans) is a bryophyte growing in northern aquatic and peatland ecosystems. W. fluitans uptakes metals and excessive amounts of nitrogen from wastewater, which suggests that it may have commercial potential for use in phytoremediation. Optimization of growth conditions would allow artificial cultivation of floating hook moss in large quantities for phytoremediation applications. We tested how application of combined nutrient (NPK 7-2-2 ranging from 0.1 to 1 ml per liter of water) and water flow (ranging from 0.15 to 1.9 ml/min) treatments affect growth of W. fluitans in greenhouse conditions. At the end of the experiment, all treatment combinations were subjected to an additional cold room condition at low temperature (0-2 °C) without constant water flow. The moss generally produced biomass in the various treatment combinations. However, contrary to our expectations, we found that increase of nutrients and water flow had a negative effect on the growth of W. fluitans. The highest growth rates in the experiment were detected in the control unit that had no nutrient addition or applied water flow. Our results suggest that cold temperatures are beneficial for W. fluitans growth. Our results show that the commercial production of W. fluitans may not require nutrient or water flow manipulation, at least in the tested scale. Instead, the growth conditions should mimic the natural cold climate conditions of W. fluitans habitats in northern peatlands and/or spring ecosystems.
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Ho BQ, Nguyen KD, Vu KHN, Nguyen TT, Nguyen HTT, Ngo DDN, Tran HTH, Le PH, Nguyen QH, Ngo QX, Huynh NTT, Nguyen HD. Apply MIKE 11 model to study impacts of climate change on water resources and develop adaptation plan in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: a case of Can Tho city. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:765. [PMID: 36255568 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10185-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta is in the top ten areas affected by climate change. Therefore, assessing climate change impacts, social and economic activities require proposed solutions to respond to climate change. This study aims to (i) apply the MIKE 11 model (Hydrodynamic module and Advection-Dispersion module) to simulate the impacts of climate change scenarios on water resources in Can Tho city; (ii) calculate water balance in Can Tho city; and (iii) suggest climate change adaptation plan for sustainable social-economic activities of the city. The results show that when the rainfall changes due to climate change, the flow rate tends to decrease at high tide and increase at low tide. When the sea level rises due to climate change, the flow rate tends to increase at high tide and decrease at low tide. For 2030, the flow will decrease up to 15.6% and 14.3% at the low tide period for RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 compared to the present, respectively. The flow will increase up to 63.5% and 58.9% at the high tide period for RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 compared to the present, respectively. The water demand evaluation shows that the water resource reserve in Can Tho city meets water demands in current and future scenarios under climate change. While rainwater and groundwater can provide enough water in the rainy season, the city has to use surface water during the dry season due to a lack of rainwater. Of these, agriculture contributes the most water demands (85%). Eight adaptation measures to climate change for Can Tho city are developed from 2021 to 2050.
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- Bang Quoc Ho
- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Academy of Politics Region II, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Environmental Management and Technology, Institute of Tropical Biology, Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Environment and Resources (IER), 142 To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 14, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Planning, Industry & Environment, Sydney, Australia
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Chen H, Zhang S, Lv X, Guo S, Ma Y, Han B, Hu X. Interactions between suspended sediments and submerged macrophytes-epiphytic biofilms under water flow in shallow lakes. Water Res 2022; 222:118911. [PMID: 35932704 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Suspended sediments (SS) pollution is one of the factors affecting the transfer from turbid water state to clear water state in shallow lakes. However, the interactions between suspended sediments and submerged plants are far from clear. In this study, we investigated the settlement laws of SS in overlying water and its impact on the epiphytic biofilm of Myriophyllum verticillatum and Vallisneria natans under water flow. At least 90% of turbidity can be removed from overlying water, and the decreasing trend of water turbidity fitted the logarithmic decay model in all treatments. The size distribution of SS fit the log-normal distribution model in the first 240 min after SS addition. It should be noted that the main peak particle sizes were lower in treatments with submerged macrophytes (8.71-13.18 μm) than without plants (15.14-19.95 μm). Water flow and SS addition significantly increased the thickness of biofilms attached to M. verticillatum (p < 0.05), but they together significantly reduced the biofilm thickness on V. natans (p < 0.05). SS increased the bacterial α-diversity but decreased eukaryotic one in epiphytic biofilms. However, water flow had a more significant impact on microbial communities (especially eukaryotes) than SS and plant species. The relative abundances of dominant phylum Proteobacteria, class Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria, and class Verrucomicrobiae increased in epiphytic biofilms after SS addition. Co-occurrence networks reveal that photosynthetic microbes in epiphytic biofilms played an important role in microbial communities under water flow and SS, and many hub microbes were increased by SS addition but reduced by water flow. These data highlight that SS decline can be predicted by the logarithmic decay model and, SS and water flow can affect the epiphytic-biofilm on submerged macrophytes.
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- Hezhou Chen
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China
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- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China; Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, P. R. China
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Tan Q, Fan Y, Song Z, Chen J, Chen L. Effects of interlayer spacing and oxidation degree of graphene oxide nanosheets on water permeation: a molecular dynamics study. J Mol Model 2022; 28:57. [PMID: 35137256 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-022-05045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have shown great potential in the applications of water filtration and desalination. The flow behavior and structural properties of water molecules through GO nanochannels are still under debate. In this work, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to explore the effects of interlayer spacing and oxidation degree of GO nanochannels on water transport. The results show that GO nanosheets have strong adsorption capacity. The adsorbed layer of water molecules on GO surface is thermodynamically stable and not easy to flow. When the interlayer spacing falls into the range of 0.6 ~ 1.0 nm, water molecules form into single or double adsorbed layers between two GO nanosheets. When the interlayer spacing is bigger than 1.2 nm, the other water layers in the middle of nanochannel become disordered. Taking the separation performance based on size exclusion into consideration, the most suitable interlayer spacing for water nanofiltration is approximate 1.2 nm, which has one flowing layer of water molecules. Oxygen-containing groups are unfavorable for water permeation, as more and more hydrogen bonds prevent water flowing on GO surface with the increasing oxidation degree. Our simulation results may help to improve the design of GO nanofiltration membranes for water treatment.
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- Qiong Tan
- Department of Optical Engineering, College of Optical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Linan, 311300, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Optical Engineering, College of Optical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Linan, 311300, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Optical Engineering, College of Optical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Linan, 311300, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Optical Engineering, College of Optical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Linan, 311300, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Optical Engineering, College of Optical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Linan, 311300, Hangzhou, China
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Meunier F, Couvreur V, Draye X, Lobet G, Huber K, Schroeder N, Jorda H, Koch A, Landl M, Schnepf A, Vanderborght J, Vereecken H, Javaux M. Investigating Soil-Root Interactions with the Numerical Model R-SWMS. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2395:259-283. [PMID: 34822158 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1816-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this chapter, we present the Root and Soil Water Movement and Solute transport model R-SWMS, which can be used to simulate flow and transport in the soil-plant system. The equations describing water flow in soil-root systems are presented and numerical solutions are provided. An application of R-SWMS is then briefly discussed, in which we combine in vivo and in silico experiments in order to decrypt water flow in the soil-root domain. More precisely, light transmission imaging experiments were conducted to generate data that can serve as input for the R-SWMS model. These data include the root system architecture, the soil hydraulic properties and the environmental conditions (initial soil water content and boundary conditions, BC). Root hydraulic properties were not acquired experimentally, but set to theoretical values found in the literature. In order to validate the results obtained by the model, the simulated and experimental water content distributions were compared. The model was then used to estimate variables that were not experimentally accessible, such as the actual root water uptake distribution and xylem water potential.
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- Félicien Meunier
- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
- Department of Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium.
- Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
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Meunier F, Couvreur V, Vanderborght J, Javaux M. How to Define the Appropriate Spatial Resolution of Root Segments When Solving Water Flow in Root System Hydraulic Architectures. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2395:285-291. [PMID: 34822159 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1816-5_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this chapter, we discuss the issue of balance between spatial resolution and computational efficiency in the context of the R-SWMS model. Based on the equations governing the water fluxes within the model, we propose here an objective and quantitative criterion which can help fix root segment size to both minimize computational load and achieve simulation according to a given accuracy degree.
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- Félicien Meunier
- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Agrosphere (IBG3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Earth and Life Institute/Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium.
- Agrosphere (IBG3), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
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Liang Y, Zhai H, Wang R, Guo Y, Ji M. Effects of water flow on performance of soil microbial fuel cells: Electricity generation, benzo[a]pyrene removal, microbial community and molecular ecological networks. Environ Res 2021; 202:111658. [PMID: 34252434 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soil microbial fuel cells with water flow (W-SMFCs) as a driven force of substrate transport were constructed. Electricity generation, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) removal, microbial communities and microbial molecular ecological networks were compared between W-SMFCs and their control reactors (without water flow, C-SMFCs) in 240 days of operation. The W-SMFCs started up faster than C-SMFCs (37 days vs. 50 days) and output higher startup voltage (148.45 mV vs. 111.90 mV). The water flow caused higher removal efficiency of BaP at sites >1 cm from the anode (S > 1 cm) than at sites <1 cm from the anode (S < 1 cm) in W-SMFCs, whereas in C-SMFCs, the removal efficiency of BaP at S< 1 cm was higher than that at S> 1 cm. The removal efficiency of BaP at S> 1 cm in W-SMFCs was up to 1.7 times higher than that at S> 1 cm in C-SMFCs on the 91st day. After 240 days of operation, the biodegradation efficiency of absolute BaP amount was 45.95% in W-SMFCs, being 20% higher than that in C-SMFCs (38.17%). Moreover, the water flow caused highly tight interaction among the microbial species, which could be beneficial to BaP biodegradation. Conclusively, the water flow in soil was very beneficial for startup and biodegradation of BaP in SMFCs.
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- Yinxiu Liang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Chen Q, Wang Q, Zhang C, Zhang J, Dong Z, Xu Q. Aging simulation of thin-film plastics in different environments to examine the formation of microplastic. Water Res 2021; 202:117462. [PMID: 34343870 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Microplastics have received considerable attention in recent years. Understanding the aging mechanism of plastics in different environments (land, fresh water, estuary, and ocean) is critical to control the microplastic formation. Therefore, the aging process of plastics, including polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), in different environments was simulated by analyzing their physical and chemical structures by using the Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy techniques. After 23 weeks, micro-scale microplastics (size less than 100 μm) could be extracted from the plastic surface through smashing waves in all fresh water and seawater samples. However, complete fragmentation was observed only in the case of thin-film plastics (TFPs, thickness of approximately 10 μm). This phenomenon indicated that TFPs disintegrated to microplastics more easily in the water system than on land, and the water flow notably affected the production of micro-scale particles. Furthermore, ultraviolet radiation affected the chemical structure of plastics through a two-stage process in all environments. In the initial stage, chemical aging occurred in the amorphous regions of both PE and PP, leading to the generation of newly functional groups such as C=O at 1717 cm-1, and a reduced contact angle. In the later stage, PE exhibited additional crystals and increased contact angles, whereas PP demonstrated the tendency of producing oxygen-containing functional groups that could reduce the crystallinity. In addition, several inorganic salts (such as sulfate and phosphorus) in seawater likely combined with C-H-type stretches, thereby promoting the chemical aging of plastics.
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- Qindong Chen
- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Eco-efficient Recycled Materials, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China.
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Mu X, Zhang S, Lv X, Ma Y, Zhang Z, Han B. Water flow and temperature drove epiphytic microbial community shift: Insight into nutrient removal in constructed wetlands from microbial assemblage and co-occurrence patterns. Bioresour Technol 2021; 332:125134. [PMID: 33845319 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The impacts of water flow and low temperature on nutrient removal and underlying ecological mechanism of epiphytic microbial community in constructed wetlands remain to be fully illustrated. In this study, low temperature inhibited the decrease of TN, NH4+-N, TP, and COD concentrations in water, but water flow decreased NH4+-N and COD concentrations strikingly. The relative conductivity, soluble sugar, and protein of M. spicatum increased, while the total chlorophyll contents decreased significantly under the stress of water flow and low temperature. Temperature affected the alpha-diversity and composition of the microbial community, while water flow caused differences in community distribution. Deterministic processes dominated in microbial community assembly with increasing environmental stress. Co-occurrence network analysis demonstrated that Chlorophyta, Verrucomicrobia, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes phyla were the dominant hubs in September, however, low temperatures caused a shift to Metazoan dominated network, demonstrating diminished nutrient removal capacity.
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- Xiaoying Mu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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Machado Filho JA, Rodrigues WP, Baroni DF, Pireda S, Campbell G, de Souza GAR, Verdin Filho AC, Arantes SD, de Oliveira Arantes L, da Cunha M, Gambetta GA, Rakocevic M, Ramalho JC, Campostrini E. Linking root and stem hydraulic traits to leaf physiological parameters in Coffea canephora clones with contrasting drought tolerance. J Plant Physiol 2021; 258-259:153355. [PMID: 33581558 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Knowing the key hydraulic traits of different genotypes at early seedling stages can potentially provide crucial information and save time for breeding programs. In the current study we investigated: (1) how root, stem and whole plant conductivities are linked to xylem traits, and (2) how the integrated hydraulic system impacts leaf water potential, gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence and the growth of three coffee cultivars (clones of Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner cv. Conilon) with known differences in drought tolerance. The Conilon clones CL 14, CL 5 V and CL 109A, classified as tolerant, moderately tolerant, and sensitive to drought respectively, were grown under non-limiting soil-water supply but high atmospheric demand (i.e., high VPDair). CL 14 and CL 5 V displayed higher root and stem hydraulic conductance and conductivity, and higher whole plant conductivity than CL 109A, and these differences were associated with higher root growth traits. In addition, CL 109A exhibited a non-significant trend towards wider vessels. Collectively, these responses likely contributed to reduce leaf water potential in CL 109A, and in turn, reduced leaf gas exchange, especially during elevated VPDair. Even when grown under well-watered conditions, the elevated VPDair observed during this study resulted in key differences in the hydraulic traits between the cultivars corresponding to differences in plant water status, gas exchange, and photochemical activity. Together these results suggest that coffee hydraulic traits, even when grown under non-water stress conditions, can be considered in breeding programs targeting more productive and efficient genotypes under drought and high atmospheric demand.
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- José Altino Machado Filho
- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, 29052-010, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Naturais e Letras, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão, Avenida Brejo do Pinto, S/N, 65975-000, Estreito, Maranhão, Brazil.
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, CEP: 28013620, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, CEP: 28013620, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, 29052-010, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, 29052-010, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- EGFV (UMR 1287), Bordeaux-Sciences Agro, INRAE, Université de Bordeaux, ISVV, 210 chemin de Leysotte, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Naturais e Letras, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão, Avenida Brejo do Pinto, S/N, 65975-000, Estreito, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Lab. Interações Planta-Ambiente & Biodiversidade (PlantStress&Biodiversity), Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Departamento de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Território (DRAT), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Av. República, 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal; GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Naturais e Letras, Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão, Avenida Brejo do Pinto, S/N, 65975-000, Estreito, Maranhão, Brazil.
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Mu X, Zhang S, Han B, Hua Z, Fu D, Li P. Impacts of water flow on epiphytic microbes and nutrients removal in constructed wetlands dominated by Vallisneria natans with decreasing temperature. Bioresour Technol 2020; 318:124058. [PMID: 32905946 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The mechanisms behind water flow on contaminant removal by a submerged macrophyte-biofilm complex in surface flow wetlands remain to be fully elucidated. In this study, water flow (2.02 ~ 2.12 or 4.06 ~ 4.5 L s-1; hydraulic retention time, 7d) significantly enhanced NH4+-N and COD but inhibited TN and TP removal compared to the static ones. No more than 30% of TN and TP were assimilated by V. natans-biofilm complex in wetland system. Water flow remarkably affected alpha-diversity of microbial community in epiphytic biofilm. As revealed by beta-diversity analysis, turnover played greater contribution to the total dissimilarity than nestedness. Network analyses revealed that the microbial interactions including predation, symbiosis and competition in epiphytic biofilms were much more intensive in the Sept.- Oct. than the Nov.-Dec group. Redundancy and Mantel correlation analyses revealed that temperature played a key role in determining microbial community structure, especially for bacteria.
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- Xiaoying Mu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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- Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Nanjing Water Planning and Designing Institute. Corp. Ltd, China
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- Nanjing Water Planning and Designing Institute. Corp. Ltd, China
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Khoma V, Gnatyshyna L, Martinyuk V, Rarok Y, Mudra A, Stoliar O. Biochemical Responses of the Bivalve Mollusk Unio tumidus Inhabiting a Small Power Plant Reservoir on the Dniester River Basin, Ukraine. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2020; 105:67-75. [PMID: 32409854 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-020-02873-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hydropower plants (HPPs) can affect the hydrological regime. However, biochemical responses of aquatic animals for the evaluation of this disturbing are not applied yet. The specimens of Unio tumidus were sampled in a reservoir (R) of a small HPP as well as downstream from the dam (DS). Biochemical indexes in the digestive gland and alkali labile phosphates (ALP) in the gonads were examined. The R-mollusks showed low cholinesterase, catalase and caspase-3 activities, and metallothionein concentration, but elevated levels of zinc and copper, oxidized glutathione and protein carbonyls. Concentrations of lactate, pyruvate and ALP, activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione S-transferase, and lipid peroxidation level were similar in both groups. Integrated biomarker response (IBR/n) index (n = 13) was 2.17 and 0.29 in the R- and DS-groups correspondingly. We suggest that using integrative biological response based on the biochemical markers of bivalve mollusks can be a valid early warning step in assessing 'environmental flow' impact.
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- Vira Khoma
- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine
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- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine
- I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine
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- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine
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- I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Kryvonosa Str 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine.
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Hasegawa T, Ono Y, Ushida A, Goda M. Continuous organic synthesis in water around micro-orifices after flows. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03630. [PMID: 32215334 PMCID: PMC7090356 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Water flows through micro-orifices are important because they occur in various fields, such as biology, medical science, chemistry, and engineering. We have reported in previous work that organic matter was generated in micro-orifices after water flowed through the orifice, and we proposed that the organic matter was synthesized from nonorganic materials, including CO2 and N2 dissolved in water from air, and water via the action of hydroxyl radicals produced by the flow through the micro-orifice. In the present study, we examined whether organic materials are produced in the water outside of the orifices in addition to that in the orifice. We used the decrease in water volume to measure the organic synthesis because water should be consumed during the synthesis, and thus the decrease in water volume should reflect the organic synthesis. We let ultrapure water containing dissolved air flow through a micro-orifice as a pre-flow, we stopped the flow, and then we measured the volume of water enclosed in the mount in which the micro-orifice was set over more than 100 h. The volume of water decreased gradually and substantially over time. We used Raman and infrared spectroscopy to analyze the residue obtained by evaporating the water present around the orifice. The residue contained organic matter, including carotenoids, amides, esters, and sugars, which were similar to those found in the membranes generated in the orifice in our previous paper, suggesting that the organic matter was synthesized in a wide region of water around the orifice as well as in the orifice. These results may be relevant to the origins of life and biology, and may lead to the development of a technology for reducing CO2 in air, as well as applications in many scientific and engineering fields.
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- Tomiichi Hasegawa
- Niigata College of Technology, 5-13-7 Kamishinei-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2076, Japan
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- Center for Research and Development in Natural Science, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-0887, Japan
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- Intitute of Science and Technology (Faculty of Engineering), Niigata University, 8050-2 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, 8050-2 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Li Q, Gu P, Ji X, Li H, Zhang J, Zheng Z. Response of submerged macrophytes and periphyton biofilm to water flow in eutrophic environment: Plant structural, physicochemical and microbial properties. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 189:109990. [PMID: 31780206 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The integrated effects of water flow on submerged macrophytes (Vallisneria natans) and leaf biofilms were comprehensively investigated in eutrophic microcosm. Changes in aquatic environmental factors were analyzed and water flow was found to elevate eutrophic water quality, especially in terms of TP removal. The removal efficiency of TP reached 78.95% in flowing water, which was more than 10-fold higher than in static water. Water flow altered the morphological and physiological characteristics of plants, decreasing the cell wall thickness and rate of photosynthesis, while promoting the accumulation of soluble sugar and protein in leaves. The starch content also increased with water flow, and significantly larger starch granules were observed in chloroplast. Furthermore, oxidative damage was evidenced by the consistently higher content of malondialdehyde in flowing water. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and Catalase (CAT) were induced in plants exposed to water flow, as an antioxidant stress response. The results of 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing analysis showed that the structure of the biofilm microbial community changed in response to water flow. These results expand our understanding of the effects of water flow on submerged macrophytes and periphyton biofilms in eutrophic environments.
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- Qi Li
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
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Barakoti S, Celik I, Moorhead D, Apul D. Diversity analysis of water sources, uses, and flows from source to use in the USA. Sci Total Environ 2019; 652:1409-1415. [PMID: 30586825 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Diversifying a system can reduce risk from- and increase resilience to perturbation. For this reason, the concept of diversity has been used in many different fields but its use in analyzing engineering infrastructure has been limited. In particular, the diversity of water sources and uses and the diversity of how sources are connected to uses (flow) have never been analyzed. In addition, the relationships between diversity and economic efficiency of water systems remain uncertain. In this study, we addressed these topics by conceptualizing and quantifying water source, use, and flow diversity in the USA. Water source and water use data were collected from the US Geological Survey for 2000, 2005, and 2010. Diversity was calculated with the Shannon Weaver Index. The overall mean water use diversity by state was 0.79 ± 0.31 (N = 150) and increased from 0.63 ± 0.31 in 2000 to 0.89 ± 0.28 by 2010, reflecting overall decreases in high-use categories, like thermonuclear power, and relative increases in already low domestic use. In contrast, source diversity showed no change over time, with an overall state mean of 0.82 ± 0.28 (N = 150) but varying between states largely due to differences in geographic and climatic factors influencing regional water sources. Water flow diversity also showed no change over time, averaging 1.00 ± 0.43 (N = 150), higher than both source and use diversity. The mean water use efficiency for all states over the study period was 52 ± 60 $/m3 of water and was positively and strongly related to both source and use diversity. Thus, the USA water system diversity is sensitive to factors logically expected to influence both source and use, and directly affects water use efficiency.
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- Sonia Barakoti
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sustainability and Renewable Energy Systems Program, University of Wisconsin - Platteville, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
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Kirkham JM, Smith CJ, Doyle RB, Brown PH. Inverse modelling for predicting both water and nitrate movement in a structured-clay soil (Red Ferrosol). PeerJ 2019; 6:e6002. [PMID: 30671285 PMCID: PMC6339475 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Soil physical parameter calculation by inverse modelling provides an indirect way of estimating the unsaturated hydraulic properties of soils. However many measurements are needed to provide sufficient data to determine unknown parameters. The objective of this research was to assess the use of unsaturated water flow and solute transport experiments, in horizontal packed soil columns, to estimate the parameters that govern water flow and solute transport. The derived parameters are then used to predict water infiltration and solute migration in a repacked soil wedge. Horizontal columns packed with Red Ferrosol were used in a nitrate diffusion experiment to estimate either three or six parameters of the van Genuchten–Mualem equation while keeping residual and saturated water content, and saturated hydraulic conductivity fixed to independently measured values. These parameters were calculated using the inverse optimisation routines in Hydrus 1D. Nitrate concentrations measured along the horizontal soil columns were used to independently determine the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The soil hydraulic properties described by the van Genuchten–Mualem equation, and the NO3– adsorption isotherm, were then used to predict water and NO3– distributions from a point-source in two 3D flow scenarios. The use of horizontal columns of repacked soil and inverse modelling to quantify the soil water retention curve was found to be a simple and effective method for determining soil hydraulic properties of Red Ferrosols. These generated parameters supported subsequent testing of interactive flow and reactive transport processes under dynamic flow conditions.
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- James M Kirkham
- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Centre for Plant and Water Science, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia
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Shao H, Cheng P, Chen R, Xie L, Sun N, Shen Q, Chen X, Zhu Q, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Wen Z, Sun X. Triboelectric-Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator for Harvesting Blue Energy. Nanomicro Lett 2018; 10:54. [PMID: 30393702 PMCID: PMC6199107 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-018-0207-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Progress has been developed in harvesting low-frequency and irregular blue energy using a triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid generator in recent years. However, the design of the high-efficiency, mechanically durable hybrid structure is still challenging. In this study, we report a fully packaged triboelectric-electromagnetic hybrid generator (TEHG), in which magnets were utilized as the trigger to drive contact-separation-mode triboelectric nanogenerators (CS-TENGs) and coupled with copper coils to operate rotary freestanding-mode electromagnetic generators (RF-EMGs). The magnet pairs that produce attraction were used to transfer the external mechanical energy to the CS-TENGs, and packaging of the CS-TENG part was achieved to protect it from the ambient environment. Under a rotatory speed of 100 rpm, the CS-TENGs enabled the TEHG to deliver an output voltage, current, and average power of 315.8 V, 44.6 μA, and ~ 90.7 μW, and the output of the RF-EMGs was 0.59 V, 1.78 mA, and 79.6 μW, respectively. The cylinder-like structure made the TEHG more easily driven by water flow and demonstrated to work as a practical power source to charge commercial capacitors. It can charge a 33 μF capacitor from 0 to 2.1 V in 84 s, and the stored energy in the capacitor can drive an electronic thermometer and form a self-powered water-temperature sensing system.
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- Huiyun Shao
- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, and Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China.
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Lu G, Xie Z, Zhang Z. Effects of dissolved organic matter, feeding, and water flow on the bioconcentration of diclofenac in crucian carp (Carassius auratus). Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:7776-7784. [PMID: 29290061 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-1081-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Diclofenac (DCF), a prevalent anti-inflammatory drug, is frequently detected in aquatic organisms. However, little is known about the environmental factors that affect the bioconcentration of DCF in aquatic environments. Here, we firstly investigated the bioconcentration of DCF by crucian carp (Carassius auratus) following aqueous exposure (3.57, 14.5, and 71.8 μg L-1) for 21 days. DCF can accumulate in crucian carp, and the maximum bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of 121 L kg-1 in the liver, 52.3 L kg-1 in the gills, and 46.8 L kg-1 in the muscle were always found at 3.57 μg L-1 after 14 days of exposure. Secondly, the influences of dissolved organic matter (DOM), feeding, and water flow on the bioconcentration of DCF were determined at the nominal concentration of 4 μg L-1 for 14 days. The BCFs of DCF in various fish tissues decreased by 0.5-85% with the increasing DOM concentrations. Feeding also led to lower body burden of DCF in fish tissues (6-55%) with the increasing food amount. In hydrodynamic experiment, the BCFs of DCF decreased by15-57% at most in various fish tissues. Collectively, our results demonstrated the bioconcentration of DCF in fish can be influenced by various environmental factors, which should be considered in the risk assessment of pharmaceuticals.
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- Guanghua Lu
- College of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, XiZang Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi, 860000, China
- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- School of Resource and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
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- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Dalu T, Wasserman RJ, Tonkin JD, Mwedzi T, Magoro ML, Weyl OLF. Water or sediment? Partitioning the role of water column and sediment chemistry as drivers of macroinvertebrate communities in an austral South African stream. Sci Total Environ 2017; 607-608:317-325. [PMID: 28692901 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Water pollution is a critical management issue, with many rivers and streams draining urban areas being polluted by the disposal of untreated solid waste and wastewater discharge, storm water and agricultural runoff. This has implications for biodiversity, and many rivers in the developing world are now considered compromised. We investigated benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and composition in relation to physico-chemical conditions of the water column and sediments. The study was conducted in an Austral catchment subject to both urban and agricultural pollutants in two different seasons. We assessed whether sediment characteristics were more important drivers of macroinvertebrate community composition than water column characteristics. We expected clear differences in macroinvertebrate community composition and in the associated community metrics due to distinct flow conditions between the two seasons. A combination of multivariate analyses (canonical correspondence analysis (CCA)) and biological indicator analysis were used to examine these patterns. Chironomidae was the most abundant family (>60%) in the upper mainstem river and stream sites. Stream sites were positively associated with CCA axis 2, being characterised by high turbidity and lower pH, salinity, phosphate concentration, channel width and canopy cover. Canopy cover, channel width, substrate embeddedness, phosphate concentration, pH, salinity and turbidity all had a significant effect on macroinvertebrate community composition. Using CCA variation partitioning, water quality was, however, a better predictor of benthic macroinvertebrate composition than sediment chemical conditions. Furthermore, our results suggest that seasonality had little effect on structuring benthic macroinvertebrate communities in this south-eastern zone of South Africa, despite clear changes in sediment chemistry. This likely reflects the relative lack of major variability in water chemistry compared to sediment chemistry between seasons and the relatively muted variability in precipitation between seasons than the more classic Austral temperate climates.
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- Tatenda Dalu
- Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P O Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, P Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Chinhoyi University of Technology, P Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, P Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa; DST/NRF Shallow Water Ecosystems Laboratory, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa
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- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, P Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
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The sediment rejection ability of 8 coral species of 5 families and 3 morphologies were assessed in a series of short term exposure tests over a sedimentation range of 0.5-40mgcm-2d-1 and one longer term exposure test of 235mgcm-2. Sediment accumulation rates on live corals and dead (enamel-covered) skeletons varied between morphologies, with branching species often more adept at self-cleaning. Flow rates (0-17cms-1) significantly affected sediment-shedding ability as did differences in particle sizes, with coarse silt rejected faster than fine silt, but only at very high (235mgcm-2) deposition rates. Siliciclastic sediment was rejected faster than carbonate sediments and smothering for many days by mms of low organic content carbonate sediment resulted in bleaching, but no mortality. The findings are discussed with respect to turbidity generated in natural and dredging-related resuspension events and in the context for impact prediction for dredging projects.
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- Alan Duckworth
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville, QLD, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Perth, WA, Australia; Western Australian Marine Science Institution, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville, QLD, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Perth, WA, Australia; Western Australian Marine Science Institution, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville, QLD, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Perth, WA, Australia; Western Australian Marine Science Institution, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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Ding H, Wu Y, Zhang W, Zhong J, Lou Q, Yang P, Fang Y. Occurrence, distribution, and risk assessment of antibiotics in the surface water of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Chemosphere 2017; 184:137-147. [PMID: 28586654 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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SPE-UPLC-MS/MS was used to investigate the occurrence of 18 target antibiotics in the surface water of Poyang Lake over different seasons of 2014-2015. The maximum concentrations of sulfadiazine, oxytetracycline, and doxycycline were 56.2, 48.7, and 39.7 ng/L, respectively. Compared with those in the other lakes or surface waters, the surface water of Poyang Lake contained moderate or below-average levels of antibiotics. The significantly lower concentrations (P < 0.01) of roxithromycin in June 2015 likely resulted from the dilution effect of water flow during the flood season. Antibiotic concentrations were higher in site P3-1 than in other sites (P < 0.01), whereas those in other sites (P1-1, P2-1, P5-1, P6-1, P7-1, P13-1, P16-1, P17-1, P18-1) were not significantly different (P > 0.05). Given that tetracyclines and sulfonamides are common veterinary medicines, the high concentrations of oxytetracycline, doxycycline, and sulfadiazine in site P3-1 might be closely related to agricultural production in the surrounding areas. The risk assessment of the main antibiotic contaminants revealed that the majority of the risk quotients of the target antibiotics were below 0.01, thereby indicating the minimal risk of these antibiotics to organisms at three different trophic levels. Sulfadimidine and sulfadiazine were identified as the main antibiotics that contribute to ecological risk in Poyang Lake, and that the daphnid is the main model organism exposed to these risks. This study provides important data for antibiotic pollution control and environmental protection in the study area and enriches environmental monitoring data on a global scale.
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- Huijun Ding
- School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China; Ministry of Water Resources Research Center of Poyang Lake Water Resources and Water Environment, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China; Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Resources Security, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China; Ministry of Water Resources Research Center of Poyang Lake Water Resources and Water Environment, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China.
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China; Ministry of Water Resources Research Center of Poyang Lake Water Resources and Water Environment, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China; Ministry of Water Resources Research Center of Poyang Lake Water Resources and Water Environment, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China; Ministry of Water Resources Research Center of Poyang Lake Water Resources and Water Environment, Nanchang 330029, People's Republic of China
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Dos Santos VB, de Oliveira MWM, Salomão RAS, Santos RDS, de Paula TG, Silva MDP, Mareco EA. Influence of temperature and exercise on growth performance, muscle, and adipose tissue in pacus (Piaractus mesopotamicus). J Therm Biol 2017; 69:221-227. [PMID: 29037386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of temperature and swimming exercise on fish growth in pacus (Piaractus mesopotamicus). Pacus weighing 0.9 - 1.9g and 2.7 - 4.2cm in standard length were cultivated at an initial density of 120 fish m-3 in 3 recirculation systems containing 6 water tanks at a volume of 0.5m3 each at temperatures of 24, 28 and 32°C. At each temperature, three tanks were modified to generate exercise activity in the specimens and force the fish to swim under a current speed of 27.5cms-1. At the end of the experiment, the following metrics were evaluated: fish performance, morphometry (length, width, height and perimeter in different body positions), and the diameter and density of muscle and subcutaneous ventral adipose tissues. At 28°C, pacus were both heavier and had greater weight gain after 240 days of cultivation. Additionally, exercise improved the feed conversion. An increase of 4°C (30°C) did not provide any improvement in the performance of the fish. However, swimming exercise improved the performance of pacus, providing increases of 38% and a 15% improvement in feed conversion. Both temperature and exercise influenced the body morphology (especially in the caudal region) and the cellularity of white and red muscle fibers and adipocytes.
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- Vander Bruno Dos Santos
- Instituto de Pesca/APTA/SAA, Av Francisco Matarazzo 455, Água Branca, 61070 São Paulo, Brazil.
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The movement of water into and out of cells is a fundamental biological process that is essential for life. Such water movement not only regulates the activity of individual cells but also is responsible for the functioning of many organ systems and for maintaining whole body water balance. It had long been suspected that water movement across biological cell membranes was in some way enhanced or facilitated by pores or channels, but the search to identify these channels was long and tedious. As is often the case in science, the secret of the water channel was eventually discovered by chance in 1992 by Peter Agre and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who were working on red blood cell membrane proteins. This "first" water channel was originally named CHIP28 and is now known as aquaporin 1. Agre received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003 for this discovery. There are currently 13 known aquaporins in mammals, distributed in most tissues, but many more have been identified in lower organisms and in the plant kingdom. The involvement of aquaporins in processes such as urinary concentration and body fluid homeostasis, brain function, glandular secretion, skin hydration, male fertility, hearing, vision, and most important body functions that can be imagined are now all under intense scientific scrutiny. Moreover, defects in aquaporin function have been related to various disease conditions and pathological states. This brief review will discuss their background, discovery, and function in selected bodily processes, especially focusing on hydration.
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- Dennis Brown
- Center for Systems Biology and Program in Membrane Biology/Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Álvarez-Martín A, Sánchez-Martín MJ, Ordax JM, Marín-Benito JM, Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz M. Leaching of two fungicides in spent mushroom substrate amended soil: Influence of amendment rate, fungicide ageing and flow condition. Sci Total Environ 2017; 584-585:828-837. [PMID: 28131452 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A study has been conducted on the leaching of two fungicides, tebuconazole and cymoxanil, in a soil amended with spent mushroom substrate (SMS), with an evaluation of how different factors influence this process. The objective was based on the potential use of SMS as a biosorbent for immobilizing pesticides in vulnerable soils, and the need to know how it could affect the subsequent transport of these retained compounds. Breakthrough curves (BTCs) for 14C-fungicides, non-incubated and incubated over 30days, were obtained in columns packed with an unamended soil (S), and this soil amended with SMS at rates of 5% (S+SMS5) and 50% (S+SMS50) under saturated and saturated-unsaturated flows. The highest leaching of tebuconazole (>50% of the total 14C added) was found in S when a saturated water flow was applied to the column, but the percentage of leached fungicide decreased when a saturated-unsaturated flow was applied in both SMS-amended soils. Also a significant decrease in leaching was observed for tebuconazole after incubation in the column, especially in S+SMS50 when both flows were applied. Furthermore, cymoxanil leaching was complete in S and S+SMS when a saturated flow was applied, and maximum peak concentrations were reached at 1pore volume (PV), although BTCs showed peaks with lower concentrations in S+SMS. The amounts of cymoxanil retained only increased in S+SMS when a saturated-unsaturated flow was applied. A more relevant effect of SMS for reducing the leaching of fungicide was observed when cymoxanil was previously incubated in the column, although mineralization was enhanced in this case. These results are of interest for extending SMS application on the control of the leaching of fungicides with different physicochemical characteristics after different ageing times in the soil and water flow conditions applied.
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- Alba Álvarez-Martín
- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.
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Villanueva JD, Granger D, Binet G, Litrico X, Huneau F, Peyraube N, Le Coustumer P. Labile trace metal contribution of the runoff collector to a semi-urban river. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:11298-11311. [PMID: 26924702 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6322-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study, the distribution of labile trace metals (LTMs; Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in a semi-urban runoff collector was examined to assess its influence to a natural aqueous system (Jalle River, Bordeaux, France). This river is of high importance as it is part of a natural reserve dedicated to conserving aquatic flora and fauna. Two sampling campaigns with a differing precipitation condition (period 1, spring season; and period 2, summer season associated with storms) were considered. Precipitation and water flow were monitored. The collector is active as it is receptive to precipitation changes. It influences the river through discharging water, contributing LTMs, and channeling the mass fluxes. During period 2 where precipitation rate is higher, 25 % of the total water volume of the river was supplied by the collector. LTMs were detected at the collector. Measurements were done by using diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT) probes deployed during 1, 7, and 14 days in each period. The results showed that in an instantaneous period (day 1 or D1), most of these trace metals are above the environmental quality standards (Cd, Co, Cr, and Zn). The coefficient of determination (r (2) > 0.50) employed confirmed that the LTM concentrations in the downstream can be explained by the collector. While Co and Cr are from the upstream and the collector, Cd, Cu, and Zn are mostly provided by the collector. Ni, however, is mostly delivered by the upstream. Using the concentrations observed, the river can be affected by the collector in varying ways: (1) adding effect, resulting from the mix of the upstream and the collector (if upstream ˂ downstream); (2) diluted (if upstream ˃ downstream); and (3) conservative or unaffected (upstream ~ downstream). The range of LTM mass fluxes that the collector holds are as follows: (1) limited range or ˂10 g/day, Cd (0.04-1.75 g/day), Co (0.08-05.42 g/day), Ni (0.06-1.45 g/day), and Pb (0.08-9.89 g/day); (2) moderate range or 11-50 g/day, Cr (0.23-33.26 g/day) and Cu (0.77-37.88 g/day); and (3) wide range or ˃50 g/day, Zn (26.33-676.61 g/day). Hence, the collector is a major source of concern in terms of contamination. This is as the water with considerable LTMs is channeled openly to the river without any treatment.
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- J D Villanueva
- Université de Bordeaux, I2M-GCE, B18 Avenue des facultés, 33405, Talence, France
- CNRS, EA CNRS 4592 Géoressources & Environnement, ENSEGID, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, 1 allée F. Daguin, 33607, Pessac, France
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- Lyonnaise des Eaux - LyRE, Domaine du Haut Carré, 33400, Talence, France
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- Lyonnaise des Eaux - LyRE, Domaine du Haut Carré, 33400, Talence, France
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- Lyonnaise des Eaux - LyRE, Domaine du Haut Carré, 33400, Talence, France
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- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire d'Hydrogéologie, Université de Corse Pascal Paoli, Campus Grimaldi, BP 52, 20250, Corte, France
- CNRS, UMR 6134, SPE, 20250, Corte, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, I2M-GCE, B18 Avenue des facultés, 33405, Talence, France
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- CNRS, EA CNRS 4592 Géoressources & Environnement, ENSEGID, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, 1 allée F. Daguin, 33607, Pessac, France.
- Université de Bordeaux, UF STE, B.18, Av. des Facultés, 33405, Talence Cedex, France.
- CNRS, UMR 5254, IPREM-UPPA, Technopole Hélioparc, 2 Av. Pdt P. Angot, 64058, Pau Cedex 09, France.
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McKeon CS, Tunberg BG, Johnston CA, Barshis DJ. Ecological drivers and habitat associations of estuarine bivalves. PeerJ 2015; 3:e1348. [PMID: 26587338 PMCID: PMC4647571 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Community composition of the infaunal bivalve fauna of the St. Lucie Estuary and southern Indian River Lagoon, eastern Florida was sampled quarterly for 10 years as part of a long-term benthic monitoring program. A total of 38,514 bivalves of 137 taxa were collected and identified. We utilized this data, along with sediment samples and environmental measurements gathered concurrently, to assess the community composition, distribution, and ecological drivers of the infaunal bivalves of this estuary system. Salinity had the strongest influence on bivalve assemblage across the 15 sites, superseding the influences of sediment type, water turbidity, temperature and other environmental parameters. The greatest diversity was found in higher salinity euhaline sites, while the greatest abundance of individual bivalves was found in medium salinity mixohaline sites, the lowest diversity and abundances were found in the low salinity oligohaline sites, demonstrating a strong positive association between salinity and diversity/abundance. Water management decisions for the estuary should incorporate understanding of the role of salinity on bivalve diversity, abundance, and ecosystem function.
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- C Seabird McKeon
- National Museum of Natural History-SMS, Smithsonian Institution , Fort Pierce, FL , USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Göteborg University , Kristineberg , Sweden
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- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland , College Park, MD , USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University , Norfolk, VA , USA
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Sabine AM, Smith TB, Williams DE, Brandt ME. Environmental conditions influence tissue regeneration rates in scleractinian corals. Mar Pollut Bull 2015; 95:253-64. [PMID: 25982415 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Natural and anthropogenic factors may influence corals' ability to recover from partial mortality. To examine how environmental conditions affect lesion healing, we assessed several water quality parameters and tissue regeneration rates in corals at six reefs around St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. We hypothesized that sites closer to developed areas would have poor water quality due to proximity to anthropogenic stresses, which would impede tissue regeneration. We found that water flow and turbidity most strongly influenced lesion recovery rates. The most impacted site, with high turbidity and low flow, recovered almost three times slower than the least impacted site, with low turbidity, high flow, and low levels of anthropogenic disturbance. Our results illustrate that in addition to lesion-specific factors known to affect tissue regeneration, environmental conditions can also control corals' healing rates. Resource managers can use this information to protect low-flow, turbid nearshore reefs by minimizing sources of anthropogenic stress.
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- Alexis M Sabine
- Master of Marine and Environmental Science Program, University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, USVI 00802, USA.
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- Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, USVI 00802, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA
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- Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, USVI 00802, USA
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Filipović V, Coquet Y, Pot V, Houot S, Benoit P. Modeling the effect of soil structure on water flow and isoproturon dynamics in an agricultural field receiving repeated urban waste compost application. Sci Total Environ 2014; 499:546-559. [PMID: 24958010 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Transport processes in soils are strongly affected by heterogeneity of soil hydraulic properties. Tillage practices and compost amendments can modify soil structure and create heterogeneity at the local scale within agricultural fields. The long-term field experiment QualiAgro (INRA-Veolia partnership 1998-2013) explores the impact of heterogeneity in soil structure created by tillage practices and compost application on transport processes. A modeling study was performed to evaluate how the presence of heterogeneity due to soil tillage and compost application affects water flow and pesticide dynamics in soil during a long-term period. The study was done on a plot receiving a co-compost of green wastes and sewage sludge (SGW) applied once every 2 years since 1998. The plot was cultivated with a biannual rotation of winter wheat-maize (except 1 year of barley) and a four-furrow moldboard plow was used for tillage. In each plot, wick lysimeter outflow and TDR probe data were collected at different depths from 2004, while tensiometer measurements were also conducted during 2007/2008. Isoproturon concentration was measured in lysimeter outflow since 2004. Detailed profile description was used to locate different soil structures in the profile, which was then implemented in the HYDRUS-2D model. Four zones were identified in the plowed layer: compacted clods with no visible macropores (Δ), non-compacted soil with visible macroporosity (Γ), interfurrows created by moldboard plowing containing crop residues and applied compost (IF), and the plow pan (PP) created by plowing repeatedly to the same depth. Isoproturon retention and degradation parameters were estimated from laboratory batch sorption and incubation experiments, respectively, for each structure independently. Water retention parameters were estimated from pressure plate laboratory measurements and hydraulic conductivity parameters were obtained from field tension infiltrometer experiments. Soil hydraulic properties were optimized on one calibration year (2007/08) using pressure head, water content and lysimeter outflow data, and then tested on the whole 2004/2010 period. Lysimeter outflow and water content dynamics in the soil profile were correctly described for the whole period (model efficiency coefficient: 0.99) after some correction of LAI estimates for wheat (2005/06) and barley (2006/07). Using laboratory-measured degradation rates and assuming degradation only in the liquid phase caused large overestimation of simulated isoproturon losses in lysimeter outflow. A proper order of magnitude of isoproturon losses was obtained after considering that degradation occurred in solid (sorbed) phase at a rate 75% of that in liquid phase. Isoproturon concentrations were found to be highly sensitive to degradation rates. Neither the laboratory-measured isoproturon fate parameters nor the independently-derived soil hydraulic parameters could describe the actual multiannual field dynamics of water and isoproturon without calibration. However, once calibrated on a limited period of time (9 months), HYDRUS-2D was able to simulate the whole 6-year time series with good accuracy.
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- Vilim Filipović
- Department of Soil Amelioration, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Université d'Orléans, ISTO, UMR 7327, 45071 Orléans, France; CNRS/INSU, ISTO, UMR 7327, 45071 Orléans, France; BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, BP 36009, 45060 Orléans, France; INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR 1091 EGC, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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- Université d'Orléans, ISTO, UMR 7327, 45071 Orléans, France; CNRS/INSU, ISTO, UMR 7327, 45071 Orléans, France; BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, BP 36009, 45060 Orléans, France
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- INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR 1091 EGC, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR 1091 EGC, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR 1091 EGC, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Our understanding of physical and physiological mechanisms depends on the development of advanced technologies and tools to prove or re-evaluate established theories, and test new hypotheses. Water flow in land plants is a fascinating phenomenon, a vital component of the water cycle, and essential for life on Earth. The cohesion-tension theory (CTT), formulated more than a century ago and based on the physical properties of water, laid the foundation for our understanding of water transport in vascular plants. Numerous experimental tools have since been developed to evaluate various aspects of the CTT, such as the existence of negative hydrostatic pressure. This review focuses on the evolution of the experimental methods used to study water transport in plants, and summarizes the different ways to investigate the diversity of the xylem network structure and sap flow dynamics in various species. As water transport is documented at different scales, from the level of single conduits to entire plants, it is critical that new results be subjected to systematic cross-validation and that findings based on different organs be integrated at the whole-plant level. We also discuss the functional trade-offs between optimizing hydraulic efficiency and maintaining the safety of the entire transport system. Furthermore, we evaluate future directions in sap flow research and highlight the importance of integrating the combined effects of various levels of hydraulic regulation.
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- Hae Koo Kim
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT-Ethiopia, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Yi P, Chen XG, Bao DX, Qian RZ, Aldahan A, Tian FY, Possnert G, Bryhn AC, Gu TF, Hou XL, He P, Yu ZB, Wang B. Model simulation of inflow water to the Baltic Sea based on ¹²⁹I. Appl Radiat Isot 2013; 82:223-31. [PMID: 24056000 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 07/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The semi-enclosed Baltic Sea represents a vital economic and recreational resource for more than 90 million people inhabiting its coasts. Extensive contamination of this sea by a variety of anthropogenic pollutants has raised the concern of the people in the region. Quantifying seawater inflow is crucial for estimating potential environmental risks as well as to find the best remedial strategy. We present here a model to estimate water inflow from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea by utilizing ¹²⁹I as a tracer. The results predicted inflow range of 230-450 km³/y with best fit value around 330 km³/y from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea during 1980-1999. Despite limited time series data on ¹²⁹I, the model presented here demonstrates a new management tool for the Baltic Sea to calculate inflow water compared to conventional methods (such as salinity, temperature and hydrographic models).
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- P Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China; College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Moore ID, O'Loughlin EM, Burch GJ. A contour-based topographic model for hydrological and ecological applications. Earth Surf Process Landf 1988; 13:305-320. [PMID: 32313346 PMCID: PMC7159155 DOI: 10.1002/esp.3290130404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/1986] [Revised: 04/27/1987] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A digital model for discretizing three-dimensional terrain into small irregularly shaped polygons or elements based on contour lines and their orthogonals is described. From this subdivision the model estimates a number of topographic attributes for each element including the total upslope contributing area, element area, slope, and aspect. This form of discretization of a catchment produces natural units for problems involving water flow as either a surface or subsurface flow phenomenon. The model therefore has wide potential application for representing the three-dimensionality of natural terrain and water flow processes in the fields of hydrology, sedimentology, and geomorphology. Three example applications are presented and discussed. They are the prediction of zones of surface saturation, the prediction of the distribution of potential daily solar radiation, and the prediction of zones of erosion and deposition in a catchment.
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- I D Moore
- Dept. Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. 55108
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- Division of Water and Land Resources, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia 2601
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- Division of Water and Land Resources, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia 2601
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