Article
Agronomy
Lidia Dzierzbicka-Glowacka, Dawid Dybowski, Maciej Janecki, Ewa Wojciechowska, Beata Szymczycha, Dawid Potrykus, Artur Nowicki, Adam Szymkiewicz, Piotr Zima, Beata Jaworska-Szulc, Stefan Pietrzak, Grazyna Pazikowska-Sapota, Dominika Kalinowska, Nicole Nawrot, Pawel Wielgat, Grazyna Dembska, Karolina Matej-Lukowicz, Katarzyna Szczepanska, Tadeusz Puszkarczuk
Summary: The changes in marine coastal zones are of great significance due to the increasing human population living in these areas. This study presents an innovative toolkit that allows researchers to identify and assess the sources of nutrient and pesticide pollution, calculate their flux, and evaluate their influence on the coastal ecosystem.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Avay Risal, Prem B. Parajuli
Summary: Evaluating Best Management Practices (BMPs) in watersheds using hydrologic and water quality models can help establish effective watershed water management. This study applied the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to two watersheds and evaluated the impact of different BMP scenarios on water quality at both field and watershed scales. The results showed that vegetative filter strips (VFS) were the most effective BMP in reducing sediment yield, total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorous (TP) at both scales.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Martin J. Luna Juncal, Pietro Masino, Edoardo Bertone, Rodney A. Stewart
Summary: Nutrient runoff from agriculture practices can have detrimental effects on waterway health and the environment. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify and evaluate nutrient runoff mitigation strategies based on their environmental benefit, implementation cost, and practicality. The review highlighted research gaps and barriers to the widespread implementation of these strategies, such as a lack of literature on nutrient runoff mitigation and reluctance from agricultural landowners to adopt policies without incentives. The synthesis of review data facilitated the development of a comprehensive nutrient runoff decision-making framework for policymakers to implement site-specific strategies.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Forestry
Nadeem W. Shah, Brenda R. Baillie, Kevin Bishop, Silvio Ferraz, Lars Hogbom, Jami Nettles
Summary: Water quality in forested watercourses is generally high, but forest management can have detrimental effects on water quality and freshwater ecology. This review focuses on the impacts of various forestry activities on water quality, including cultivation, fertilisation, and harvesting. The literature shows that forest operations can lead to sediment delivery, nutrient losses, carbon transport, metal and base cation releases, and changes in acidity and temperature. It is important to consider spatial and temporal resolution, as local-scale changes may not be observed at the catchment level and the effects of operations can manifest many years later. Best management practices, such as the use of buffers and low impact techniques, have reduced and prevented impacts on water quality. Future technological, methodological, and climatic developments may further alter the effects of forest management on water quality.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Benny Zuse Rousso, Edoardo Bertone, Rodney Stewart, Arthur Aguiar, Ann Chuang, David P. Hamilton, Michele A. Burford
Summary: The study showed that fluorescence measurements of mixed cyanobacteria populations can be accurately estimated, with a stronger correlation to biomass instead of cell count. Errors in fluorescence estimations were found to be larger for species with different morphologies, while converting fluorescence to biomass helped reduce species-specific bias. Best practices for fluorometer deployment and operation, along with data-driven models for in-situ calibration, are discussed as solutions to minimize taxa-specific bias in fluorescence estimates.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Yi Liu, Jaeleah Goor, Clare E. Robinson
Summary: The study found that soil media characteristics can vary greatly between systems despite having the same engineering specifications. Porewater SRP does not evolve uniformly with depth, emphasizing the importance of overall system design including redox conditions, infiltration rate, and vertical layering of different materials. The retention-release processes of SRP often occur at shallow depth, and hydraulic conductivity plays a key role in influencing SRP retention-release.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joseph L. Domagalski, Eric Morway, Nancy L. Alvarez, Juliet Hutchins, Michael R. Rosen, Robert Coats
Summary: A study of Lake Tahoe found that the lake's water quality is declining due to algae and fine sediment, leading to a decrease in water clarity. To maintain water clarity, wastewater is exported out of the basin. Over the past 25 years, nitrate loads have decreased, while ammonium loads initially decreased and then continued to increase after 2005, and organic phosphate loads showed significant increases between 2000 and 2005.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xi Chen, Maryna Strokal, Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Xing Fu, Mengru Wang, Lin Ma, Carolien Kroeze
Summary: Nutrient pollution is a widespread issue in rivers in China. This study aims to quantify the spatial variation in in-stream water quality for nutrients and identify their associated sources. The results show that a certain percentage of rivers are highly polluted, with diffuses sources and point sources contributing differently. It is important to consider nutrient forms in models and monitoring programs.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
J. Jack Kurki-Fox, Michael R. Burchell
Summary: This study provides an overview of water quality in forested wetlands in North Carolina and takes the first step towards developing numeric nutrient standards. The research methodology establishes draft nutrient warning levels based on the best indicators of disturbance, NO3--N and NH4+-N concentrations.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
K. J. Van Meter, M. M. McLeod, J. Liu, G. Thierry Tenkouano, R. Hall, P. Van Cappellen, N. B. Basu
Summary: Excessive use of phosphorus fertilizers and detergents, along with intensified livestock production, has more than doubled the inputs of phosphorus in human-impacted watersheds compared to pre-industrial levels, leading to increasing eutrophication. Accumulation of excess phosphorus across the landscape creates long-term sources of phosphorus to surface waters even after input reductions.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Environmental Studies
R. W. McDowell, W. Kaye-Blake
Summary: Local farm plans can mitigate the impact of food production on water quality and greenhouse gas emissions, but their effectiveness relies on integration with global markets to motivate farmers.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Horacio Paggi, Javier Soriano, Victor Ramperez, Raul Gutierrez, Juan A. Lara
Summary: This paper proposes an approach in wireless sensor networks that utilizes soft sensors to fuse measured ozone levels recorded by nearby hard sensors. The statistical indicators show that our approach outperforms the baseline in 100% of the analyzed cases in three different test scenarios.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Limnology
Marcela Miranda, Marcelo Manzi Marinho, Natalia Noyma, Vera L. M. Huszar, Frank van Oosterhout, Miquel Lurling, Jean P. Ometto, Felipe S. Pacheco
Summary: This study on nutrient balance in Brazilian urban ponds revealed that birds are the main source of phosphorus (P), with most of the phosphorus loss going to sediment and part being returned to the water column through internal loading.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Chunyan Tang, Chao He, Yiping Li, Kumud Acharya
Summary: Water diversion can significantly promote water exchange and reduce residence time in lakes, but its impact on water quality is diverse. Nutrients and Chlorophyll-a exhibit notable spatial heterogeneity in improvement efficiency. The level of nutrients in the donating system plays a crucial role in the relationship among water transport time scales, nutrients, and algal biomass in eutrophic lakes.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mokgehle R. Letsoalo, Thandiwe Sithole, Steven Mufamadi, Zvanaka Mazhandu, Mika Sillanpaa, Ajeet Kaushik, Tebogo Mashifana
Summary: The presence of pharmaceutical contaminants (PCs) in the environment, including water and aquatic life, is a continuous threat to human health and the natural cycle. In particular, the accumulation of non-degradable water-soluble residues in water streams and groundwater has raised serious concerns and is now a focus of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals 2030. This article explores the challenges and potential solutions for the selective detection and efficient remediation of PCs in wastewater using nano-enabled functional systems.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Irena F. Creed, Diane M. McKnight, Brian A. Pellerin, Mark B. Green, Brian A. Bergamaschi, George R. Aiken, Douglas A. Burns, Stuart E. G. Findlay, Jamie B. Shanley, Rob G. Striegl, Brent T. Aulenbach, David W. Clow, Hjalmar Laudon, Brian L. McGlynn, Kevin J. McGuire, Richard A. Smith, Sarah M. Stackpoole
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
(2015)
Article
Limnology
Angela M. Hansen, Tamara E. C. Kraus, Brian A. Pellerin, Jacob A. Fleck, Bryan D. Downing, Brian A. Bergamaschi
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2016)
Article
Environmental Sciences
E. Terrence Slonecker, Daniel K. Jones, Brian A. Pellerin
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2016)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Matthew P. Miller, Anthony J. Tesoriero, Paul D. Capel, Brian A. Pellerin, Kenneth E. Hyer, Douglas A. Burns
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Robert S. Eckard, Brian A. Pellerin, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Philip A. M. Bachand, Sandra M. Bachand, Robert G. M. Spencer, Peter J. Hernes
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2017)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Neung-Hwan Oh, Brian A. Pellerin, Philip A. M. Bachand, Peter. J. Hernes, Sandra M. Bachand, Noriaki Ohara, M. Levent Kavvas, Brian A. Bergamaschi, William R. Horwath
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2013)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Brian A. Pellerin, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Robert J. Gilliom, Charles G. Crawford, JohnFranco Saraceno, C. Paul Frederick, Bryan D. Downing, Jennifer C. Murphy
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Brian A. Bergamaschi, Jacob A. Fleck, Bryan D. Downing, Emmanuel Boss, Brian A. Pellerin, Neil K. Ganju, David H. Schoellhamer, Amy A. Byington, Wesley A. Heim, Mark Stephenson, Roger Fujii
ESTUARIES AND COASTS
(2012)
Article
Environmental Sciences
W. M. Wollheim, M. B. Green, B. A. Pellerin, N. B. Morse, C. S. Hopkinson
ESTUARIES AND COASTS
(2015)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Peter J. Hernes, Robert G. M. Spencer, Rachael Y. Dyda, Brian A. Pellerin, Philip A. M. Bachand, Brian A. Bergamaschi
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
(2013)
Article
Limnology
Bryan D. Downing, Brian A. Pellerin, Brian A. Bergamaschi, John Franco Saraceno, Tamara E. C. Kraus
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS
(2012)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Charles J. Voeroesmarty, Lelys Bravo de Guenni, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Brian Pellerin, David Bjerklie, Manoel Cardoso, Cassiano D'Almeida, Pamela Green, Lilybeth Colon
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2013)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Margaret A. Zimmer, Brian Pellerin, Douglas A. Burns, Gregory Petrochenkov
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2019)