Trace metal cycling in the Whau Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Ellwood ◽  
Peter Wilson ◽  
Kay Vopel ◽  
Malcolm Green
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Water Column ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Chemical Speciation ◽  
Particulate Material ◽  
Particulate Phase ◽  
Sediment Pore Water ◽  
Overlying Water ◽  
Metal Concentrations ◽  
Dissolved Phase

Environmental context. The accumulation of trace metals from urban runoff is a serious environmental concern. In the present paper we show that, in the case of the Whau Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand, there is a significant particulate Zn input, of which a significant amount of Zn is lost from the particulate phase into the dissolved phase within the water column, and via molecular diffusion across the water–sediment interface. The present study shows that changes in the chemical speciation of Zn, associated with changes in salinity, play a major role in regulating the recycling of this metal between the particulate and dissolved phases. Abstract. Dissolved Zn, Cd, Cu, Fe, and Pb concentrations were measured along a salinity gradient in the Whau Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand. We found a mid-salinity maximum in dissolved Zn and Cd concentrations, consistent with significant loss of these metals from the particulate phase into the dissolved phase. Changes in the chemical speciation of these two metals were coupled to changes in salinity and this was the major driver for Zn and Cd loss from particulate material. Contrastingly, Cu concentrations were conservative with salinity, whereas there was significant scavenging of Fe and Pb from the dissolved phase into the particulate phase. Analysis of sediment pore-water metal concentrations indicated a peak in Zn concentration within the suboxic layer. The peak occurred at a shallower depth than those for Mn and Fe. The concentration gradient across the sediment–water interface suggests that diffusional loss of Zn from the sediment pore water into the overlying water column was occurring. Conversely, the diffusion of Cu from the water column into the sediment pore water was likely to occur because pore-water Cu concentrations were lower than the overlying water column concentrations. The results from the present study show the importance of chemical speciation and the lability of metals attached to particulate material as potentially being a critical determinant on sediment metal concentrations.

Molecular differences between water column and sediment pore water SPE-DOM in ten Swedish boreal lakes

2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 115320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Valle ◽  
Mourad Harir ◽  
Michael Gonsior ◽  
Alex Enrich-Prast ◽  
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Column ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Boreal Lakes ◽  
Sediment Pore Water

scholarly journals Kandungan Nitrat dan Fosfat dalam Air Pori Sedimen dan Kolom Air di Daerah Padang Lamun Perairan Pantai Prawean, Bandengan, Jepara

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-473
Author(s):  
Eko Wardana Parsaulian Tampubolon ◽  
Ria Azizah Tri Nuraini ◽  
Endang Supriyantini
Keyword(s):  
Water Column ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Nitrate Content ◽  
Seagrass Beds ◽  
Thalassia Hemprichii ◽  
Sediment Pore Water ◽  
Decomposition Of Organic Matter ◽  
Cymodocea Rotundata ◽  
Seagrass Density

ABSTRAK : Secara alamiah konsentrasi zat hara dalam perairan bervariasi untuk masing-masing bentuk senyawanya, termasuk nitrat dan fosfat. Lamun berperan penting terhadap sumbangan nutrien di perairan dengan hasil dekomposisi serasah lamun oleh mikroorganisme pengurai. Fungsi sistem lamun terletak pada pemahaman faktor-faktor yang mengatur produksi dan dekomposisi bahan organik serta efisiensi daur nutrisi dalam sistemnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kandungan nitrat dan fosfat air pori sedimen dan kolom air serta mengetahui jenis dan jumlah kerapatan lamun yang terdapat di perairan Pantai Prawean Bandengan Jepara. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Analisa kandungan nitrat menggunakan metode analisis SNI 06-6989.31-2005 dan fosfat menggunakan metode analisis BP2-MU-A-08. Pengamatan lamun menggunakan transek kuadrat 50x50cm menurut panduan LIPI. Kandungan nitrat air pori sedimen berkisar 1,85 – 2,82 mg/l, tergolong sedang. Sedangkan kandungan nitrat kolom air berkisar 0,63 – 1,09 mg/l, tergolong rendah. Kandungan fosfat pada air pori berkisar 0,09 – 0,15 mg/l, tergolong sangat subur. Sedangkan kandungan fosfat kolom air berkisar 0,02 – 0,04 mg/l, tergolong cukup subur. Jenis lamun yang ditemukan pada lokasi penelitian sebanyak 4 spesies yaitu Enhalus accoroides, Thalassia hemprichii, Cymodocea serullata, dan Cymodocea rotundata. Kerapatan lamun tertinggi di stasiun 2 sebanyak 132 tegakan/m2 (rapat) sedangkan stasiun 1 sebanyak 95 tegakan/m2 (agak rapat) dan stasiun 3 sebanyak 123 tegakan/m2 (agak rapat). Lamun jenis Cymodocea serullata memiliki dominansi tertinggi pada setiap stasiun. ABSTRACT : Naturally the concentration of nutrients in the waters varies for eachthe form of its compounds, including nitrates and phosphates. Seagrass plays an important role in the contribution of nutrients in waters with the result of decomposition of  seagrass litter by decomposing microorganisms. The function of the seagrass system lies in understanding the factors that govern the production and decomposition of organic matter and the efficiency of nutrient cycling in the system. This research aims to determine the content of nitrate and phosphate in sediment pore water and water columns in the seagrass beds of Prawean Coast waters Jepara and determine the type and the amount of seagrass density. This research method uses descriptive analysis. Nitrate content analysis using SNI 06-6989.31-2005 and phosphate analysis using BP2-MU-A-08. Seagrass observations using the Transect squared 50x50cm according to the LIPI guidelines. The content of nitrates sediment pore water in the seagrass beds of Prawean Coast ranges from 1,85 to 2,82 mg/l, while the content of nitrate in water column ranges from 0,63 – 1,09 mg/l. The content of phosphate in pore water ranges from 0,09 – 0,15 mg/l, while the phosphate content of the water column ranges from 0,02 to 0,04 mg/l. Four types of seagrass found were Enhalus accoroides, Thalassia hemprichii, Cymodocea serullata, and Cymodocea rotundata. The highest seagrass density at station 2 was 132 stands/m2, while the station 1 was 95 stands/m2 and station 3 was 123 stands/m2. Seagrass type Cymodocea Serullata has the highest dominance at each station.Kata Kunci :   Nitrat, Fosfat, Air Pori Sedimen, Kolom Air, Lamun.

Mercury in Sediments and Sediment Pore Water in the Laurentian Trough

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 1794-1800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Gobeil ◽  
Daniel Cossa
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Sediment Surface ◽  
Vertical Profiles ◽  
Sediment Pore Water ◽  
Overlying Water ◽  
Lawrence Estuary ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
St Lawrence Estuary ◽  
Dissolved Mercury

The concentration of dissolved mercury in the pore water of Laurentian Trough sediments varies between the detection limit (2.5 pM) and 64 pM, up to an order of magnitude enriched relative to the overlying water. Dissolved mercury is low near the sediment surface, increases with depth to 5 cm, and then decreases with further depth. Redistribution of remobilized mercury within the sediment column is, however, insufficient to explain the observed depth variations in mercury concentration. In the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, the vertical profiles of mercury in trough sediments tend to be consistent with the chronology of mercury discharges from chlor-alkali plants located in the St. Lawrence drainage basin. The total amount of anthropogenic mercury in sediments deposited below the 200-m isobath in the entire lower St. Lawrence Estuary since the beginning of industrialization is estimated as 170 ± 85 × 103 kg, about six times the amount of natural mercury that has accumulated during the same period. Near the seaward end of the Trough in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, sedimentary mercury concentrations are much lower than in the Estuary, with a significant portion of the anthropogenic mercury deposited in the sediments probably coming from the atmosphere.

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal Variation in Nutrient Profiles and Exchange Fluxes at the Sediment-Water Interface in Yuqiao Reservoir, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 3071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen ◽  
Wu ◽  
Yang ◽  
Jiang ◽  
Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Drinking Water Source ◽  
Eutrophic Lakes ◽  
Overlying Water ◽  
Total N ◽  
Yuqiao Reservoir ◽  
Nutrient Profiles ◽  
Main Component

Nutrients released from sediments have a significant influence on the water quality in eutrophic lakes and reservoirs. To clarify the internal nutrient load and provide reference for eutrophication control in Yuqiao Reservoir, a drinking water source reservoir in China, pore water profiles and sediment core incubation experiments were conducted. The nutrients in the water (soluble reactive P (SRP), nitrate-N (NO3−-N), nitrite-N (NO2−-N), and ammonium-N (NH4+-N)) and in the sediments (total N (TN), total P (TP) and total organic carbon (TOC)) were quantified. The results show that NH4+-N was the main component of inorganic N in the pore water. NH4+-N and SRP were higher in the pore water than in the overlying water, and the concentration gradient indicated a diffusion potential from the sediment to the overlying water. The NH4+-N, NO3−-N, and SRP fluxes showed significant differences amongst the seasons. The NH4+-N and SRP fluxes were significantly higher in the summer than in other seasons, while NO3−-N was higher in the autumn. The sediment generally acted as a source of NH4+-N and SRP and as a sink for NO3−-N and NO2−-N. The sediments release 1133.15 and 92.46 tons of N and P, respectively, to the overlying water each year.

scholarly journals Hydrochemistry of sediment pore water in the Bratsk reservoir (Baikal region, Russia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Poletaeva ◽  
E. N. Tirskikh ◽  
M. V. Pastukhov
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Ionic Composition ◽  
Water System ◽  
Water Reservoir ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Pore Waters ◽  
Overlying Water ◽  
Major Ion ◽  
Bratsk Reservoir

AbstractThis study aimed to identify the factors responsible for the major ion composition of pore water from the bottom sediments of the Bratsk water reservoir, which is part of the largest freshwater Baikal-Angara water system. In the Bratsk reservoir, the overlying water was characterized as HCO3–Ca–Mg type with the mineralization ranging between 101.2 and 127.7 mg L−1 and pore water was characterized as HCO3–SO4–Ca, SO4–Cl–Ca–Mg and mixed water types, which had mineralization varying from 165.9 to 4608.1 mg L−1. The ionic composition of pore waters varied both along the sediment depth profile and across the water area. In pore water, the difference between the highest and lowest values was remarkably large: 5.1 times for K+, 13 times for Mg2+, 16 times for HCO3−, 20 times for Ca2+, 23 times for Na+, 80 times for SO42−, 105 times for Cl−. Such variability at different sites of the reservoir was due to the interrelation between major ion concentrations in the pore water and environmental parameters. The major factor responsible for pore water chemistry was the dissolution of sediment-forming material coming from various geochemical provinces. In the south part of the reservoir, Cl−, Na+ and SO42− concentrations may significantly increase in pore water due to the effect of subaqueous flow of highly mineralized groundwater.

scholarly journals Phosphorous Supply to a Eutrophic Artificial Lake: Sedimentary versus Groundwater Sources

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Wiebe Förster ◽  
Jan C. Scholten ◽  
Michael Schubert ◽  
Kay Knoeller ◽  
Nikolaus Classen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Lake Water ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Eutrophic Lake ◽  
Stable Water Isotopes ◽  
Artificial Lake ◽  
Sediment Pore Water ◽  
Mass Balance Models

The eutrophic Lake Eichbaumsee, a ~1 km long and 280 m wide (maximum water depth 16 m) dredging lake southeast of Hamburg (Germany), has been treated for water quality improvements using various techniques (i.e., aeration plants, removal of dissolved phosphorous by aluminum phosphorous precipitation, and by Bentophos® (Phoslock Environmental Technologies, Sydney, Australia), adsorption) during the past ~15 years. Despite these treatments, no long-term improvement of the water quality has been observed and the lake water phosphorous content has continued to increase by e.g., ~670 kg phosphorous between autumn 2014 and autumn 2019. As no creeks or rivers drain into the lake and hydrological groundwater models do not suggest any major groundwater discharge into the lake, sources of phosphorous (and other nutrients) are unknown. We investigated the phosphorous fluxes from sediment pore water and from groundwater in the water body of the lake. Sediment pore water was extracted from sediment cores recovered by divers in August 2018 and February 2019. Diffusive phosphorous fluxes from pore water were calculated based on phosphorus gradients. Stable water isotopes (δ2H, δ18O) were measured in the lake water, in interstitial waters in the banks surrounding the lake, in the Elbe River, and in three groundwater wells close to the lake. Stable isotope (δ2H, δ18O) water mass balance models were used to compute water inflow/outflow to/from the lake. Our results revealed pore-water borne phosphorous fluxes between 0.2 mg/m2/d and 1.9 mg/m2/d. Assuming that the measured phosphorous fluxes are temporarily and spatially representative for the whole lake, about 11 kg/a to 110 kg/a of phosphorous is released from sediments. This amount is lower than the observed lake water phosphorous increase of ~344 kg between April 2018 and November 2018. Water stable isotope (δ2H, δ18O) compositions indicate a water exchange between an aquifer and the lake water. Based on stable isotope mass balances we estimated an inflow of phosphorous from the aquifer to the lake of between ~150 kg/a and ~390 kg/a. This result suggests that groundwater-borne phosphorous is a significant phosphorous source for the Eichbaumsee and highlights the importance of groundwater for lake water phosphorous balances.

scholarly journals Spectral Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in Seawater and Sediment Pore Water from the Arctic Fjords (West Svalbard) in Summer

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Meilian Chen ◽  
Ji-Hoon Kim ◽  
Sungwook Hong ◽  
Yun Kyung Lee ◽  
Moo Hee Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Dissolved Organic Matter ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Phytoplankton Bloom ◽  
Ocean Surface ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Sediment Pore Water ◽  
Ice Edge ◽  
Accumulation Trend ◽  
Arctic Fjords

Fjords in the high Arctic, as aquatic critical zones at the interface of land-ocean continuum, are undergoing rapid changes due to glacier retreat and climate warming. Yet, little is known about the biogeochemical processes in the Arctic fjords. We measured the nutrients and the optical properties of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in both seawater and sediment pore water, along with the remote sensing data of the ocean surface, from three West Svalbard fjords. A cross-fjord comparison of fluorescence fingerprints together with downcore trends of salinity, Cl−, and PO43− revealed higher impact of terrestrial inputs (fluorescence index: ~1.2–1.5 in seawaters) and glaciofluvial runoffs (salinity: ~31.4 ± 2.4 psu in pore waters) to the southern fjord of Hornsund as compared to the northern fjords of Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden, tallying with heavier annual runoff to the southern fjord of Hornsund. Extremely high levels of protein-like fluorescence (up to ~4.5 RU) were observed at the partially sea ice-covered fjords in summer, in line with near-ubiquity ice-edge blooms observed in the Arctic. The results reflect an ongoing or post-phytoplankton bloom, which is also supported by the higher levels of chlorophyll a fluorescence at the ocean surface, the very high apparent oxygen utilization through the water column, and the nutrient drawdown at the ocean surface. Meanwhile, a characteristic elongated fluorescence fingerprint was observed in the fjords, presumably produced by ice-edge blooms in the Arctic ecosystems. Furthermore, alkalinity and the humic-like peaks showed a general downcore accumulation trend, which implies the production of humic-like DOM via a biological pathway also in the glaciomarine sediments from the Arctic fjords.

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