Article
Environmental Sciences
Maeva Marimoutou, Nicolas Gruyer, Roxanne Maranger, Georges Theriault, Isabelle Laurion
Summary: To meet the demand of a growing population, agriculture intensifies and leads to increased use of fertilizers and pesticides, which can disrupt water quality and impact aquatic life. This study evaluates the efficiency of an agricultural retention pond in reducing the supply of nutrients, pesticides, and suspended solids to a tributary of Lake St. Pierre. The study finds that the removal of pesticides varied, while the removal of suspended solids, phosphorus, and nitrogen was relatively high. However, the retention pond was not consistently effective in removing toxicity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Federico Maggi, Fiona H. M. Tang, Francesco N. Tubiello
Summary: Pesticides are widely present in the environment and have negative impacts on ecosystems and human health. The amount of pesticides that remain on land and reach water sources is uncertain. Monitoring their environmental fate is challenging and there is limited understanding of their mobility in time and space.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Bahman Yargholi, Elahe Kanani, Saloome Sepehri
Summary: This study examined the effectiveness of constructed wetlands in improving agricultural drainage water by removing organic materials and nutrients, and found that wetlands are an environmental friendly method for treating excess water and can raise the quality of agricultural drainage water to desired standards. The maximum removal efficiency of various parameters was achieved at a certain sampling station, and wetlands can be a practical solution for reclaiming agricultural drainage water in Khuzestan and similar regions.
JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Monica Pinardi, Elisa Soana, Edoardo Severini, Erica Racchetti, Fulvio Celico, Marco Bartoli
Summary: This study analyzed the seasonal soil nitrogen budgets and dissolved inorganic nitrogen net export in the Mincio River sub-basin in Italy. The results showed seasonal differences in soil nitrogen budgets and no correlation between seasonal inorganic nitrogen loads transported by the river and soil nitrogen budgets.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammad Nayeb Yazdi, Durelle Scott, David J. Sample, Xixi Wang
Summary: Urban retention ponds are a common stormwater control measure in coastal areas, but can also be a source of pollutants. Research showed that the treatment efficiency of retention ponds improved during warmer months, likely due to increased biological activities. Modeling with SWMM can help assess performance beyond one-year monitoring studies, suggesting additional research to better understand biogeochemical processes within ponds.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Cydianne Cavalcante da Silva, Matheus de Freitas Souza, Ana Beatriz Rocha de Jesus Passos, Tatiane Severo Silva, Maiara Pinheiro da Silva Borges, Matheus Silva dos Santos, Daniel Valadao Silva
Summary: This study evaluated the behavior of hexazinone in Brazilian soils with different physical and chemical properties. The results showed that soil pH and cation exchange capacity were the main factors affecting the sorption and desorption of hexazinone in the environment.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andrii Butkovskyi, Yuying Jing, Hege Bergheim, Diana Lazar, Ksenia Gulyaeva, Sven Roar Odenmarck, Hans Ragnar Norli, Karolina M. Nowak, Anja Miltner, Matthias Kaestner, Trine Eggen
Summary: The study tested various filter material combinations suitable for retaining different pesticides and found that mixtures of pumice and vermiculite have high pesticide retention capacity and lower leaching potential, providing near natural treatment options in riparian strips.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Farhad Gholami, Bahman Yargholi, Ahmad Sharafati
Summary: The efficiency of the Naseri Wetland in the qualitative treatment of agricultural drainage from Khuzestan sugarcane was investigated. The wetland showed the highest removal efficiency for heavy metals and nutrients at the farthest station, W3.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Adrian Esteban Ortega-Torres, Enrique Rico-Garcia, Rosario Guzman-Cruz, Irineo Torres-Pacheco, Erik Gustavo Tovar-Perez, Ramon Gerardo Guevara-Gonzalez
Summary: This study demonstrated the importance of adding an enzymatic cocktail to increase inorganic phosphorus content in mature compost, enhancing nutrient supply for plants. Further research is needed to validate and apply these findings.
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Xiaochuan Dong, Ziwen Zhao, Xiaojing Yang, Zhongfang Lei, Kazuya Shimizu, Zhenya Zhang, Duu-Jong Lee
Summary: The study found that mature algal-bacterial AGS could maintain good settleability even when wastewater salinity increased to 3%, but with less filamentous structures in the sludge. While removal of organics and nutrients decreased under high salinity conditions, they could recover quickly once the salinity disturbance was removed.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Lessmann, A. Kanellopoulos, J. Kros, F. Orsi, M. Bakker
Summary: Recovering nutrients from organic materials and reducing artificial fertilizer inputs can be costly and involve logistics. Direct application of organic materials to agricultural land can contribute to pollution. Assessing the cost of increased recycling requires a spatially explicit approach. A multi-objective model was developed to estimate the trade-offs between costs of nutrient recovery and improvements in nutrient distribution. Results showed limited potential for replacing nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers through nutrient recovery. Increasing manure processing for nutrient recovery led to a redistribution of nutrients and trace metals. Our model provides a methodology for assessing the trade-offs between increased recycling and spatial effects for sustainable agriculture.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Chu Wang, Linghao Li, Yuchun Yan, Yurong Cai, Dawei Xu, Xu Wang, Jinqiang Chen, Xiaoping Xin
Summary: The conversion of grassland into cropland led to significant decreases in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen contents, while total phosphorus content increased in deeper soil layers. Abandonment of cropland resulted in higher levels of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen compared to cropland, although not reaching levels of native grassland. Grassland had the highest nutrient contents and ratios, followed by abandoned land and then cropland.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Qianwei Feng, Miao Chen, Pan Wu, Xueyang Zhang, Shengsen Wang, Zebin Yu, Bing Wang
Summary: This study focuses on the soil erosion problem in karst areas and synthesizes calcium alginate-biochar composites to investigate their retention and slow-release effects on nutrients. The results show that these composites have better retention effects under fertilization conditions. Additionally, different retention mechanisms for various nutrients are identified.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Kyle Austin Freedman, Tekan Singh Rana, Mark Hoffmann
Summary: This study investigated the impact of different growth stages on the variability of nutrient content in different tissue samples from muscadine vines. The results showed that the highest variability in nutrient content was during bloom, while fully mature leaf samples showed lower variability, indicating that sampling mature leaves from shoots remains the best practice.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Grzegorz Izydorczyk, Katarzyna Mikula, Dawid Skrzypczak, Krzystof Trzaska, Konstantinos Moustakas, Anna Witek-Krowiak, Katarzyna Chojnacka
Summary: This literature review discusses important agricultural and non-agricultural methods of sewage sludge management, including waste sludge protein hydrolysates, hydrolysis, conditioning, dewatering, and other supporting techniques. It also covers legislative aspects related to toxic element content and proposes various methods for extracting valuable proteins from sewage sludge. Despite the high costs and limitations of certain processes, the optimization of the final process is crucial for effective sewage sludge management.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Limnology
Shin-Ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Richard C. Lathrop, Stephen R. Carpenter, Jake R. Walsh, M. Jake Vander Zanden, Mark R. Gahler, Emily H. Stanley
Summary: This study found that climate change and food web structure can impact the significant clear-water phase in lakes, with effects varying among different metrics. Higher water temperature leads to earlier start and peak dates of the clear-water phase, while the proportion of D. pulicaria affects all clear-water phase metrics, and high Bythotrephes density delays the start date of the clear-water phase.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Angela K. Baldocchi, David E. Reed, Luke C. Loken, Emily H. Stanley, Hayley Huerd, Ankur R. Desai
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Jean-Francois Lapierre, Sarah M. Collins, Samantha K. Oliver, Emily H. Stanley, Tyler Wagner
Summary: Multiple studies have shown widespread browning of Northern Hemisphere lakes. An examination of Northeastern U.S. lakes found that the majority of lakes have experienced an increase in both DOC and color, with variable trends and no strong correlation between them, suggesting other factors beyond terrestrial carbon loading may be at play. Browning may be more prominent in regions where climate and atmospheric deposition are dominant drivers.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Simon N. Topp, Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Emily H. Stanley, Xiao Yang, Claire G. Griffin, Matthew R. Ross
Summary: Current research on freshwater resources globally indicates a deteriorating water quality, with studies often focusing on large water bodies and using biased sampling data. In the United States, satellite remote sensing data reveals an increasing trend in lake water clarity since 1984, particularly in densely populated areas and smaller water bodies pre-2000. This suggests that extensive pollution control measures in the U.S. have been effective in improving water quality.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Ellen A. R. Welti, Anthony Joern, Aaron M. Ellison, David C. Lightfoot, Sydne Record, Nicholas Rodenhouse, Emily H. Stanley, Michael Kaspari
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liwei Zhang, Sibo Zhang, Xinghui Xia, Tom J. Battin, Shaoda Liu, Qingrui Wang, Ran Liu, Zhifeng Yang, Jinren Ni, Emily H. Stanley
Summary: This study investigated the concentrations and fluxes of N2O in four watersheds on the East Qinghai-Tibet Plateau between 2016 and 2018. The findings show that permafrost rivers in this region release relatively low levels of N2O, despite the high N2O emissions from thawing permafrost soils. This is attributed to the uptake of dissolved inorganic N by terrestrial plants, unfavorable conditions for N2O generation through denitrification, and a low N2O yield due to a small ratio of nitrite reductase to nitrous oxide reductase in these rivers. The study estimates the fluvial N2O emissions from permafrost landscapes on the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to be relatively small, but suggests that these permafrost-affected rivers may become significant sources of N2O in the future, contributing to the permafrost non-carbon feedback that intensifies warming.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
E. Cavaliere, I. B. Fournier, V. Hazukova, G. P. Rue, S. Sadro, S. A. Berger, J. B. Cotner, H. A. Dugan, S. E. Hampton, N. R. Lottig, B. C. McMeans, T. Ozersky, S. M. Powers, M. Rautio, C. M. O'Reilly
Summary: Millions of lakes worldwide experience the formation of lake ice during winter, impacting the transfer of energy, redox processes, and ecological community structure. However, there is a lack of understanding about how these effects vary in response to different winter climate conditions. Global climate change is driving ice-covered lakes towards warmer temperatures and reduced ice cover, emphasizing the need to understand the role of winter in the annual aquatic cycle.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Ecology
C. D. Buelo, M. L. Pace, S. R. Carpenter, E. H. Stanley, D. A. Ortiz, D. T. Ha
Summary: The study finds that temporal Early Warning Statistics (EWS) can provide advanced warning of algal blooms, helping managers to prepare and minimize negative impacts.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
James B. Cotner, Stephen M. Powers, Steven Sadro, Diane McKnight
Summary: Our changing climate is affecting freshwater ecosystems, particularly in winter. Lakes, wetlands, and rivers at high latitudes are experiencing shorter periods of ice cover, while lower latitudes systems are seeing open water conditions throughout the winter. These changes impact gas exchange, metabolism, and other processes in the water. There is a need for further research to understand the effects of changing winters on freshwater systems.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Limnology
Stephen M. Powers, Steven C. Fradkin, William Baccus, Carmen Archambault, John R. Boetsch, Matthew R. Brousil, Rebecca Lofgren, Ashley Rawhouser, Stephanie E. Hampton
Summary: The study found that changes in spring snowpack and ice-out dates in mountain lakes have significant impacts on lake ecosystems, with lakes experiencing warmer and more turbid conditions in years with less snowpack and colder and clearer conditions with more snowpack. These findings highlight the complex interactions between snowpack variability and mountain lake ecology.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Limnology
Amanda G. DelVecchia, Spencer Rhea, Kelly S. Aho, Emily H. Stanley, Erin R. Hotchkiss, Alice Carter, Emily S. Bernhardt
Summary: Streams and rivers are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions. While our understanding of individual gas flux drivers has improved, the lack of consistently collected samples hinders our ability to analyze the interrelationship between gas concentrations and their drivers. This study analyzed a dataset collected by the National Ecological Observatory Network, providing insights into the physical and biogeochemical drivers of greenhouse gas production in 27 streams and rivers across the United States. The results show that physical drivers such as temperature, stream slope, dissolved oxygen, and total nitrogen concentration strongly influence the concentrations of CO2 and CH4, while N2O is exclusively correlated with total nitrogen concentration.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Limnology
Nicole D. Wagner, Felicia S. Osburn, Caleb J. Robbins, Mark R. Ernst, Jennifer Owens, Stephen M. Powers, J. Thad Scott
Summary: High-frequency water quality monitoring is increasing in importance in freshwater research and management. This study focuses on a eutrophic reservoir in North Texas, examining the impact of environmental parameters on water column stability and dissolved oxygen dynamics. The researchers used an autonomous water quality monitoring profiler to collect data on temperature, dissolved oxygen, and other variables over a period of several months. They found that dissolved oxygen levels were highly dynamic, with implications for biogeochemical cycles in the reservoir.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gerard Rocher-Ros, Emily H. Stanley, Luke C. Loken, Nora J. Casson, Peter A. Raymond, Shaoda Liu, Giuseppe Amatulli, Ryan A. Sponseller
Summary: Methane emissions from running waters account for a significant portion of global emissions and are influenced by edaphic and climate features. These emissions are not strongly temperature dependent and are characterized by large fluxes in different environments.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Emily H. Stanley, Luke C. Loken, Nora J. Casson, Samantha K. Oliver, Ryan A. Sponseller, Marcus B. Wallin, Liwei Zhang, Gerard Rocher-Ros
Summary: Despite their small size, fluvial ecosystems play a significant role in carbon processing and methane emissions. However, progress in understanding and estimating methane concentrations and fluxes in streams and rivers has been slow due to variability and limited data availability. In order to address these challenges, the Global River Methane Database (GriMeDB) provides a comprehensive resource of methane concentrations and fluxes, along with physical and chemical data, to examine environmental drivers and estimate fluvial contributions to methane emissions.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Samuel R. Blackburn, Emily H. Stanley
Summary: Climate change leads to more frequent and intense floods in agricultural regions of southern Wisconsin. During floods, concentrations and fluxes of CO2 and CH4 in streams are higher, likely due to flushing of gases from soils and respiration of organic matter.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2021)
