Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaoguang Ouyang, Cheuk Yan Lee, Shing Yip Lee
Summary: Intertidal benthos play a crucial role in connecting tertiary predators and primary producers in marine food webs, while also directly contributing to sediment CO2 emissions. Different benthos taxa and feeding habits significantly impact CO2 production, with crabs showing lower delta C-13-CO2 respiration compared to gastropods. The relationships between benthos feeding habits, food sources, and CO2 production provide valuable insights for understanding their contributions to sediment-atmosphere CO2 fluxes in mangrove forests.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jan Karlsson, Svetlana Serikova, Sergey N. Vorobyev, Gerard Rocher-Ros, Blaize Denfeld, Oleg S. Pokrovsky
Summary: High-latitude regions, particularly Western Siberia, play a crucial role in the carbon cycle and climate system. Emission of carbon from inland waters, such as rivers and lakes, exceeds carbon export to the Arctic Ocean and is a major contributor to the regional carbon balance. This highlights the importance of coupled land-water studies in understanding the contemporary carbon cycle and its response to warming.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Massimiliano Scalici, Stefania Chiesa, Giorgio Mancinelli, Pietro Maria Rontani, Andrea Voccia, Francesco Nonnis Marzano
Summary: Alien invasive species pose a major threat to Italian freshwaters, and the blue crab is one of the most widespread invasive animals in coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea. This study aims to assess whether the biological plasticity and invasive capability of the blue crab may also pose a potential threat to inland waters, and presents new records in Southern and Central Italy.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Junjie Wang, Lauriane Vilmin, Jose M. Mogollon, Arthur H. W. Beusen, Wim J. van Hoek, Xiaochen Liu, Philip A. Pika, Jack J. Middelburg, Alexander F. Bouwman
Summary: Global inland-water N2O emissions have increased significantly over the past century, mainly due to inputs from groundwater and production in reservoirs, with hotspots in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast America, and Europe. Continued excessive nutrient use, dam construction, and the development of suboxic conditions in aging reservoirs are expected to result in persisting high inland-water N2O emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Junjie Wang, Lauriane Vilmin, Jose M. Mogollon, Arthur H. W. Beusen, Wim J. van Hoek, Xiaochen Liu, Philip A. Pika, Jack J. Middelburg, Alexander F. Bouwman
Summary: Inland waters are significant contributors to global N2O emissions, with the highest emissions occurring in reservoirs and areas with high population density and intensive agricultural activities. The global inland-water N2O emission has been increasing over the past century and currently contributes 7-10% to total global N2O emissions. Continuing excessive use of nutrients, dam construction, and the aging of reservoirs will likely lead to persistently high inland-water N2O emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Antoni Vivo-Pons, Mats Blomqvist, Anna Tornroos, Martin Lindegren
Summary: This study examines the relationship and distinction between non-indigenous species (NIS) and native species by studying benthic invertebrate communities in the Baltic Sea. The results show that NIS have some similarities with native species but also possess unique characteristics. The community assembly processes have an impact on the establishment of NIS, but this impact is highly dependent on the environmental context.
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Angelo Troia
Summary: This Special Issue presents ten articles that provide new data on the distribution and ecology of rare aquatic macrophytes, including vascular plants and charophytes. It also explores the use of these organisms for wetland monitoring, management, and restoration.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Sudesh D. Rathod
Summary: The study investigated the feeding habits of a pollution-tolerant fish species in a contaminated habitat through factors such as food, frequency of occurrence, feeding index, and vacancy index. Analysis of stomach content revealed the pollution status of the environment based on the seasonal food and feeding pattern of the long whiskered catfish. Non-food items of anthropogenic origin indicated severely degraded conditions, particularly in Thane Creek. The survival of this native fish species, M. gulio, is at risk in Thane Creek.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xu Zhao, Ying Liu, Yu-Ming Guo, Chi Xu, Liang Chen, Geoffrey A. Codd, Jun Chen, Ying Wang, Pu-Ze Wang, Li-Wei Yang, Long Zhou, Yan Li, Shi-Man Xiao, Hai-Jun Wang, Hans W. Paerl, Erik Jeppesen, Ping Xie
Summary: Global eutrophication and climate warming lead to the production of cyanotoxins, particularly microcystins (MCs), posing risks to human and animal health. An analysis of 90 publications from 1989 to 2019 revealed that MC concentrations in various African water bodies exceeded the WHO guideline for human lifetime exposure via drinking water. The highest concentrations were found in South Africa and Southern Africa as a whole, particularly in reservoirs and lakes.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jean-Francois Cretaux, Stephane Calmant, Fabrice Papa, Frederic Frappart, Adrien Paris, Muriel Berge-Nguyen
Summary: Water availability, use, sharing and supply have become significant scientific and humanitarian concerns. Dealing with water scarcity and flooding requires better predictions and a combination of data from hydrological variables and models. Surface waters are the main source for water demand, but ground-based hydrological survey networks have decreased globally. Remote sensing techniques, such as satellite altimetry and imagery, are crucial for studying the water cycle on various scales and have been widely used for water resource monitoring.
SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jean-Francois Cretaux, Stephane Calmant, Fabrice Papa, Frederic Frappart, Adrien Paris, Muriel Berge-Nguyen
Summary: Water availability, use, sharing, and freshwater supply have become important issues, with increasing scarcity and extreme flooding. Predictive capacity and data collection on hydrological variables are needed, with remote sensing techniques, such as satellite altimetry and imagery, playing a crucial role. Ground-based hydrological survey networks have decreased globally, making space techniques essential for monitoring surface waters and studying the water cycle.
SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Shuyuan Wei, Emilio Berti, Diting Ma, Qiqian Wu, Yan Peng, Chaoxiang Yuan, Zemin Zhao, Xia Jin, Xiangyin Ni, Fuzhong Wu, Kai Yue
Summary: This study assessed the spatial distribution and drivers of lead (Pb) concentration in inland waters worldwide by analyzing 1790 observations collected from 386 independent publications. The results showed that Pb concentration in inland waters was mainly driven by potential evapotranspiration, elevation, road density, and absolute latitude.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gongqin Wang, Shaoda Liu, Siyue Sun, Xinghui Xia
Summary: The constituents and functionality of urban inland waters are disturbed by municipal sewage inputs and tailwater discharge from wastewater treatment plants, leading to significant perturbations in greenhouse gas dynamics. A lack of in situ measurements has resulted in large knowledge gaps in this understanding. Through a 3-year field campaign, the CO2 emission and related factors in the municipality of Beijing were investigated, revealing unique greenhouse gas emission profiles and emphasizing the importance of accounting for urban inland waters in terms of aquatic greenhouse gas emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Juan Sempere-Valverde, Enrique Ostale-Valriberas, Manuel Maestre, Roi Gonzalez Aranda, Hocein Bazairi, Free Espinosa
Summary: This study in a marine protected area in the Mediterranean Sea investigated the temporal fluctuations of the coralligenous community, revealing that the rapid expansion of the non-native species R. okamurae led to changes in community structure and decline of sensitive species, highlighting the need for increased management efforts to protect this protected habitat.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ioanna Pantelaki, Dimitra Voutsa
Summary: The study investigated the occurrence and distribution of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in inland and coastal waters in Thessaloniki, Greece, during the period 2019-2020. OPEs were found to be ubiquitous pollutants in the aquatic environment, with varying concentrations in rivers, coastal sites, and streams. Risk assessment showed potential adverse effects of OPEs in streams but not in rivers and coastal sites.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)