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biogeochemistry, etc ; orchards; oxygen; slurries; soil; Show all 5 Subjects
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... A decades-long debate exists regarding the possibility of quantifying the redox state of ecosystems using potentiometric redox measurements (PRM). Currently, evidence of non-Nernstian response and poor reproducibility, have led many to regard PRM as a qualitative measure. Here we aim to re-open this debate by shedding light on the reproducibility of PRM in soil systems and in controlled lab experi ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; antimony; arsenic; oxidation; reducing agents; remediation; toxicity; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The environmental behavior of antimony (Sb) has recently received greater attention due to the increasing global use of Sb in a range of industrial applications. Although present at trace levels in most natural systems, elevated Sb concentrations in aquatic and terrestrial environments may result from anthropogenic activities. The mobility and toxicity of Sb largely depend on its speciation, which ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; diagnostic techniques; elemental composition; linear models; statistical analysis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Data in the natural sciences are often in the form of percentages or proportions that are continuous and bounded by 0 and 1. Statistical analysis assuming a normal error structure can produce biased and incorrect estimates when data are doubly bounded. Beta regression uses an error structure appropriate for such data. We conducted a literature review of percent and proportion data from 2004 to 202 ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; bioavailability; bioturbation; burrows; crabs; ecosystems; hydrology; spatial variation; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Fiddler crabs, found in coastal wetlands worldwide, function as ecosystem engineers. Their burrowing activity can significantly alter biogeochemistry at the local scale, however, the mobility of heavy metals (HMs) in burrow sediments remains unclear. Here, we used diffusive gradients in thin-film probes to obtain bioavailable Fe and HMs (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Pb, Co, and Mo) in crab burrows from coastal ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; biochemical pathways; freshwater; oxidation; population dynamics; sediments; species diversity; sulfides; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Cable bacteria occur in many natural environments, and their electrogenic sulfide oxidation (e-SOₓ) may influence sediment biogeochemistry. The environmental factors determining the growth and diversity of cable bacteria are poorly known, especially in freshwater sediments. We conducted a laboratory incubation experiment, using freshwater sediments with different sulfide supply levels, to study ho ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; carbon dioxide; climate change; drought; greenhouse gases; heat; peatlands; risk; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The net impact of greenhouse gas emissions from degraded peatland environments on national Inventories and subsequent mitigation of such emissions has only been seriously considered within the last decade. Data on greenhouse gas emissions from special cases of peatland degradation, such as eroding peatlands, are particularly scarce. Here, we report the first eddy covariance-based monitoring of car ...
Natasha Natasha; Muhammad Shahid; Sana Khalid; Irshad Bibi; Muhammad Asif Naeem; Nabeel Khan Niazi; Filip M. G. Tack; James Anthony Ippolito; Jörg Rinklebe
biogeochemistry, etc ; biochar; human health; phytoaccumulation; pollution; risk; soil amendments; sorption; technology; toxicity; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Environmental contamination by toxic trace elements is a global issue faced by soil-plant-human systems. Biochar has gained substantial attention as a soil amendment to reduce toxic trace element impacts on plant and human health due to biochar’s capacity to influence trace element biogeochemistry. This review focuses on the key roles of biochar with respect to trace element interactions, mobility ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; climate change; denitrification; greenhouse gases; mechanistic models; nitrification; nitrous oxide; oxygen; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Soil nitrous oxide (N₂O) is an important greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. Many processes produce N₂O in soil and the production rate of each process is affected by climatic-edaphic factors, making the soil-to-atmosphere N₂O flux extremely dynamic. Experimental approaches, including natural and enriched isotopic methods, have been developed to separate and quantify the N₂O production ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; Aspergillus niger; adsorption; bioremediation; birnessite; cobalt; fungi; laterites; manganese; manganese monoxide; oxalates; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Manganese oxide minerals can become enriched in a variety of metals through adsorption and redox processes, and this forms the basis for a close geochemical relationship between Mn oxide phases and Co. Since oxalate‐producing fungi can effect geochemical transformation of Mn oxides, an understanding of the fate of Co during such processes could provide new insights on the geochemical behaviour of ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; Pinus; air; dewpoint; growth rings; mercury; mountains; relative humidity; temperature; trees; California; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Because there are limited locations where atmospheric mercury (Hg) measurements are made, a method is needed for characterizing air concentrations locally, regionally and globally. Research has shown growth rings of some tree species may be used as archives that record concentrations of gaseous elemental Hg. However, there are still questions regarding the most appropriate sampling method(s), whic ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; adsorption; algal blooms; allometry; biomass; computer simulation; food webs; phytoplankton; sediments; viruses; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Rapid virus proliferation can exert a powerful control on phytoplankton host populations, playing a significant role in marine biogeochemistry and ecology. We explore how marine lytic viruses impact phytoplankton succession, affecting host and nonhost populations. Using an in silico food web we conducted simulation experiments under a range of different abiotic and biotic conditions, exploring vir ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; animals; body size; herbivores; landscapes; nutrient availability; nutrient transport; predation; risk; spatial variation; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems can result from animal‐driven top–down processes, but despite some theoretical attention, the emergence of spatial heterogeneity from feedbacks caused by animals is not well understood empirically. Interactions between predators and prey influence animal movement and associated nutrient transport and release, generating spatial heterogeneity that cascade ...
Manuel Dall'Osto; Ana Sotomayor-Garcia; Miguel Cabrera-Brufau; Elisa Berdalet; Dolors Vaqué; Sebastian Zeppenfeld; Manuela van Pinxteren; Hartmut Herrmann; Heike Wex; Matteo Rinaldi; Marco Paglione; David Beddows; Roy Harrison; Conxita Avila; Rafael P. Martin-Martin; Jiyeon Park; Andrés Barbosa
biogeochemistry, etc ; aerosols; animal manures; climate; environment; evolution; ice; leachates; macroalgae; penguins; seawater; Antarctic region; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Within the Southern Ocean, the greatest warming is occurring on the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) where clear cryospheric and biological consequences are being observed. Antarctic coastal systems harbour a high diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems heavily influenced by Antarctic seaweeds (benthonic macroalgae) and bird colonies (mainly penguins). Primary sea spray aerosols (SSA) formed by the ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; chlorophyll; filtration; food chain; particulate organic carbon; rivers; sediments; soil erosion; tritium; France; Show all 10 Subjects
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... PURPOSE: Radiocarbon and tritium are the dominant radionuclides released by nuclear industries over the world. Close interactions of these elements with particulate organic matter (POM) in soils and rivers are widely reported in the literature but only few studies focus on their relationships with POM within nuclearized rivers. Here, we focus on the nuclearized Rhone River (France) and its tributa ...
... Wastes liberation from mining operations has occurred for quite a few centuries, and quarrying has advanced considerably in the twentieth century. Minerals excavating and their further processing generate enormous amounts of waste rocks and tailings, commonly rich in sulfide compounds. Exposure of sulfide-containing minerals to water and air, and actions of indigenous bacterial inhabitants cause t ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; community structure; enzymes; forest soils; grassland soils; grasslands; microbial biomass; microbial communities; microbial growth; stoichiometry; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Microbial stoichiometry has become a key aspect in ecological research as shifts in microbial C:N, C:P and N:P ratios upon nutrient addition are presumed to give insight into relative nutrient limitations for soil microorganisms–with far-reaching implications for biogeochemical processes. However, this expectation has never been tested against direct methods of microbial growth responses to nutrie ...
... Up to now, information about biogeochemistry of many trace elements is scarce. Meanwhile, all the elements are always present in soil and plants. It may be suggested that the trace elements also play certain role in the biogeochemical processes. The aim of the research was to study bioaccumulation of poorly investigated trace elements (scandium, cerium, europium, hafnium, and tantalum) and well-kn ...
... The H-02 constructed wetland is a free water surface wetland to remove copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) from the industrial wastewater. In this study, we evaluated the performance of the wetland from 2018 to 2019 and coupled the diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) and biotic ligand model (BLM) to explore metal speciation and bioavailability in wetland waters. Surface water samples were collected and ...
biogeochemistry, etc ; case studies; humans; isotope fractionation; mangrove ecosystems; mercury; organic matter; photoreduction; pollution; research; seawater; sediments; wetlands; Show all 13 Subjects
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... As one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the tropics and subtropics, mangroves are an important part of the global mercury (Hg) cycling. The environmental processes and effects of Hg in mangroves are complex and affect human Hg exposure, and it is crucial to understand Hg behaviors in the mangrove ecosystem. However, clarifying Hg behaviors in the mangrove ecosystem remains difficult bec ...
... Recent studies, including many from the GEOTRACES program, have expanded our knowledge of trace metals in the Arctic Ocean, an isolated ocean dominated by continental shelf and riverine inputs. Here, we report a unique, pan‐Arctic linear relationship between dissolved copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni) present north of 60°N that is absent in other oceans. The correlation is driven primarily by high Cu an ...