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Sellin Arne Alber Meeli Keinänen Markku Kupper Priit Lihavainen Jenna Lõhmus Krista Oksanen Elina Sõber Anu Sõber Jaak Tullus Arvo 《Regional Environmental Change》2017,17(7):2135-2148
Regional Environmental Change - Increasing atmospheric humidity—a climate trend predicted for northern Europe—will reduce water flux through vegetation. Diminished transpirational water... 相似文献
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Abundance of fecal caliform bacteria is a weak index of the presence of human pathogens in wastewater entering coastal waters.
In spite of this, use of fecal caliform indices for management purposes is widespread. To gain insight into interpretation
of fecal coliform data, we evaluated size of stocks of fecal coliforms in water, sediments, and sea wrack, in Buttermilk Bay,
a coastal embayment in Massachusetts. Sediments contained most of the fecal coliforms. Fecal coliforms in sediments were as
much as one order of magnitude more abundant than in the water column or in sea wrack. The fecal coliforms in sediments of
Buttermilk Bay were so abundant that resuspension of fecal coliforms from just the top 2 cm of muddy sediments could add sufficient
cells to the water column to have the whole bay exceed the federal limit of fecal coliforms for shellfishing.
The major sources of fecal coliforms to the bay were water-fowls, surface runoff, groundwater, and streams. Waterfowl were
the largest source of fecal coliforms during cold months; surface runoff, streams, and groundwater were most important during
warm months. Redirection of surface runoff pipes is unlikely to be a very successful management action since contributions
via this source are insufficient to account for the measured increases in concentrations of fecal coliforms in water. Removal
of waterfowl is also unlikely to be useful, since fecal coliform concentrations leading to closures of shellfish beds and
swimming areas are most frequent during warm months when waterfowl are rarest. Rates of loss of fecal caliform cells from
the water column by death and tidal exchange were high. Mortality of cells was about an order of magnitude larger than losses
by tidal exchange.
The amounts of fecal coliforms brought into the bay by waterfowl, surface runoff, groundwater, and streams are an order of
magnitude smaller than the losses by mortality and tidal removal. This implies that there is an additional source of fecal
coliforms within the bay. We suggest that resuspension of the upper layers of sediments can easily account for the fecal coliforms
present in the water.
Fecal coliform content of water and shellfish were not correlated. In contrast, sediment and shellfish fecal coliform abundances
were significantly related. Monitoring of fecal coliforms in sediments may provide a better assessment of shellfish than sampling
of water.
The large fecal coliform stock in sediments should be the first priority for management. Efforts ought to be directed toward
the reduction of sediment fecal coliform stocks. Lowering nutrient additions to coastal water bodies may be one practical
approach. 相似文献
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Two marine mussels, Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn) and Mytilus edulis (L.) collected in 1990 in Old Silver Beach, Falmouth, Massachusetts, incorporated nitrogen when fed 15N-labelled organic aggregates produced from dissolved organic nitrogen released by the brown sea-weed Fucus vesiculosis. Uptake of 15N on the aggregate diet was linear over the course of 24 h, and unincorporated 15N was eliminated from the gut after 48 h. Both species of mussels incorporated approximately five times more N when they were fed organic aggregates than when they were fed either 15N-labelled dissolved organic material (DOM) or particulate detritus, both of which were also derived from the seaweed. Nitrogen uptake was greatest in controls fed the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii; mussels fed phytoplankton incorporated seven times more nitrogen than those fed aggregates. However, aggregates could supply an estimated 7 to 14% of the N requirements for both mussels, whereas DOM or particulate detritus could only supply 1 to 3%. These data provide evidence that a food web pathway exists from primary producer to released dissolved organic nitrogen to microbial organic aggregate to metazoan consumer, and, further, that it can be more important in a detrital food web than either particulate detritus or DOM. 相似文献
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Monitoring of heavy metal deposition in Northern Italy by moss analysis 总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10
Gerdol R Bragazza L Marchesini R Alber R Bonetti L Lorenzoni G Achilli M Buffoni A De Marco N Franchi M Pison S Giaquinta S Palmieri F Spezzano P 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2000,108(2):201-208
A survey of heavy metal deposition in the mountainous territories of Northern Italy was carried out in 1995-96. Moss samples (mainly Hylocomium splendens) were collected in a dense network of sites (about 3.2 sites/1000 km(2)) and the data of metal concentrations in moss tissues were statistically correlated with environmental and climatic factors, as well as with bulk deposition of elements and elemental concentrations in the soil. Three main geographic patterns of metal concentration in mosses could be defined: (1) Fe, Ni, and Cr, all derived both by soil particulates and anthropogenic emissions connected with ferrous metal manufacturing, were mostly concentrated in Northwestern Italy; (2) Cu and Zn, as typical multi-source elements, showed rather high concentrations with little ranges of variation over the whole area and small peaks reflecting local source points; (3) Cd and Pb reflected long-distance transport and showed highest concentrations in the regions with highest precipitation, especially in the Eastern Alps. 相似文献
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Winfried Schröder Cordula Englert Roland Pesch Harald G. Zechmeister Lotti Thöni Ivan Suchara Blanka Maňkovská Zvonka Jeran Harry Harmens Krystyna Grodzinska Renate Alber 《Environmental Sciences Europe》2008,20(2):120-132
Goal and Scope
Several studies show that the concentration of metals in mosses depends not only on metal deposition but also on factors such as moss species, canopy drip, precipitation, altitude, distance to the sea and the analytical technique used. However, contrasting results have been reported and the interpretation of the spatial variability of the metal accumulation in mosses remains difficult. In the presented study existing monitoring data from the European Heavy Metals in Mosses Surveys together with surface data on precipitation, elevation and land use are statistically analysed to assess factors other than emissions that have an influence on the metal accumulation in the mosses.Main Features
Inference statistics and Spearman correlation analysis were applied to examine the association of the metal accumulation and the distance of the monitoring sites to the sea as well as the altitude. Whether or not significant differences of the metal loads in the mosses exist at national borders was examined with help of the U-test after Mann and Whitney. In order to identify and rank the factors that are assumed to have an influence on the metal uptake of the mosses Classification and Regression Trees (CART) were applied.Results
No clear tendency could be derived from the results of the inference statistical calculations and the correlation analyses with regard to the distance of the monitoring site to the sea and the altitude. According to the results of the CART-analyses mainly the moss species, potential emission sources around the monitoring sites, canopy drip and precipitation have an effect on the metal bioaccumulation. Assuming that each participating country followed strictly the manual for sampling and sample preparation the results of the inference statistical calculations furthermore suggest that in most cases different techniques for digestion and analysis bias the measurements significantly.Discussion
For the first time a national monitoring data base consisting of measurement data and metadata as well as surface information on precipitation, land use and elevation was applied to examine influence factors on the metal bioaccumulation in mosses. The respective results mirror existing knowledge from other national studies to a large extend, although further analyses are necessary to affirm the findings. These analyses should include data from other national monitoring programmes and should additionally be carried out with other decision tree algorithms than CART.Conclusions
The local variability in the metal concentration in mosses can be uncovered in terms of predictors or underlying hidden causes by using CART. Ideally, such an approach should be applied across the whole of Europe. This will only be feasible if all participating countries provide additional information about site characteristics as currently is done in for example the German moss surveys.Recommendations
The UNECE Metals in Mosses Survey experimental protocol should be improved in order to reduce the observed influences, to enhance standardisation, and to strengthen the quality control. This implies the integration of sampling site describing metadata into the assessment. Furthermore, basis research is needed to test the hypothesis concerning moss species-specific accumulation of depositions.Perspectives
Provided that the presented results hold true in further analyses correction factors should be applied on the moss data in order to get the depicted spatial patterns and temporal trends of metal bioaccumulation unbiased. Such factors should be calculated for natural landscape units or ecoregions that are homogeneous with regard to climate, vegetation and altitude. 相似文献6.
Harmens H Norris DA Cooper DM Mills G Steinnes E Kubin E Thöni L Aboal JR Alber R Carballeira A Coşkun M De Temmerman L Frolova M González-Miqueo L Jeran Z Leblond S Liiv S Maňkovská B Pesch R Poikolainen J Rühling A Santamaria JM Simonèiè P Schröder W Suchara I Yurukova L Zechmeister HG 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2011,159(10):2852-2860
In 2005/6, nearly 3000 moss samples from (semi-)natural location across 16 European countries were collected for nitrogen analysis. The lowest total nitrogen concentrations in mosses (<0.8%) were observed in northern Finland and northern UK. The highest concentrations (≥1.6%) were found in parts of Belgium, France, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria. The asymptotic relationship between the nitrogen concentrations in mosses and EMEP modelled nitrogen deposition (averaged per 50 km × 50 km grid) across Europe showed less scatter when there were at least five moss sampling sites per grid. Factors potentially contributing to the scatter are discussed. In Switzerland, a strong (r2 = 0.91) linear relationship was found between the total nitrogen concentration in mosses and measured site-specific bulk nitrogen deposition rates. The total nitrogen concentrations in mosses complement deposition measurements, helping to identify areas in Europe at risk from high nitrogen deposition at a high spatial resolution. 相似文献
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Robert B. Kehew Mthobeli Kolisa Christopher Rollo Alejandro Callejas Gotelind Alber Liana Ricci 《Local Environment》2013,18(6):723-737
Faced with the prospects of a changing climate, a small but increasing number of countries are developing legal and regulatory frameworks that explicitly address climate change. Moreover at least some of these laws and policies carve out substantial roles for local governments. The present paper surveys three countries from different regions in the Global South that have developed or are developing such laws and policies: the Philippines (Asia-Pacific), Mexico and more specifically its State of Chiapas (Latin America), and South Africa (Africa). It examines those experiences through two different lenses. The paper first reviews the steps by which those laws or policies were developed. For this review, criteria for effective consultative processes are proposed. The study then examines the three climate change laws or policies per se. To this end, a framework including four modes of multi-level urban climate governance (governing by regulation, governing through enabling, governing by provision, governing with representation and consultation) is utilised. The paper ends with synthetic conclusions as to which experiences represent promising practices, and what other lessons are relevant for countries embarking on such processes. 相似文献
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Winfried Schröder Marcel Holy Roland Pesch Harry Harmens Hilde Fagerli Renate Alber Mahmut Coşkun Ludwig De Temmerman Marina Frolova Laura González-Miqueo Zvonka Jeran Eero Kubin Sébastien Leblond Siiri Liiv Blanka Maňkovská Juha Piispanen Jesús M. Santamaría Primož Simonèiè Ivan Suchara Lilyana Yurukova Harald G. Zechmeister 《Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994)》2010,44(29):3485-3491
In this study, the indicative value of mosses as biomonitors of atmospheric nitrogen (N) depositions and air concentrations on the one hand and site-specific and regional factors which explain best the total N concentration in mosses on the other hand were investigated for the first time at a European scale using correlation analyses. The analyses included data from mosses collected from 2781 sites across Europe within the framework of the European moss survey 2005/6, which was coordinated by the International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation). Modelled atmospheric N deposition and air concentration data were calculated using the Unified EMEP Model of the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The modelled deposition and concentration data encompass various N compounds. In order to assess the correlations between moss tissue total N concentrations and the chosen predictors, Spearman rank correlation analysis and Classification and Regression Trees (CART) were applied. The Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that the total N concentration in mosses and modelled N depositions and air concentrations are significantly correlated (0.53 ≤ rs ≤ 0.68, p < 0.001). Correlations with other predictors were lower than 0.55. The CART analysis indicated that the variation in the total N concentration in mosses was best explained by the variation in NH4+ concentrations in air, followed by NO2 concentrations in air, sampled moss species and total dry N deposition. The total N concentrations in mosses mirror land use-related atmospheric concentrations and depositions of N across Europe. In addition to already proven associations to measured N deposition on a local scale the study at hand gives a scientific prove on the association of N concentration in mosses and modelled deposition at the European scale. 相似文献
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Metal accumulation in mosses across national boundaries: uncovering and ranking causes of spatial variation 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Schröder W Pesch R Englert C Harmens H Suchara I Zechmeister HG Thöni L Mankovská B Jeran Z Grodzinska K Alber R 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2008,151(2):377-388
This study aimed at cross-border mapping metal loads in mosses in eight European countries in 1990, 1995, and 2000 and at investigating confounding factors. Geostatistics was used for mapping, indicating high local variances but clear spatial autocorrelations. Inference statistics identified differences of metal concentrations in mosses on both sides of the national borders. However, geostatistical analyses did not ascertain discontinuities of metal concentrations in mosses at national borders due to sample analysis in different laboratories applying a range of analytical techniques. Applying Classification and Regression Trees (CART) to the German moss data as an example, the local variation in metal concentrations in mosses were proved to depend mostly on different moss species, potential local emission sources, canopy drip and precipitation. 相似文献
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Winfried Schröder Stefan Nickel Simon Schönrock Michaela Meyer Werner Wosniok Harry Harmens Marina V. Frontasyeva Renate Alber Julia Aleksiayenak Lambe Barandovski Alejo Carballeira Helena Danielsson Ludwig de Temmermann Barbara Godzik Zvonka Jeran Gunilla Pihl Karlsson Pranvera Lazo Sebastien Leblond Antti-Jussi Lindroos Siiri Liiv Sigurður H. Magnússon Blanka Mankovska Javier Martínez-Abaigar Juha Piispanen Jarmo Poikolainen Ion V. Popescu Flora Qarri Jesus Miguel Santamaria Mitja Skudnik Zdravko Špirić Trajce Stafilov Eiliv Steinnes Claudia Stihi Lotti Thöni Hilde Thelle Uggerud Harald G. Zechmeister 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2016,23(11):10457-10476
For analysing element input into ecosystems and associated risks due to atmospheric deposition, element concentrations in moss provide complementary and time-integrated data at high spatial resolution every 5 years since 1990. The paper reviews (1) minimum sample sizes needed for reliable, statistical estimation of mean values at four different spatial scales (European and national level as well as landscape-specific level covering Europe and single countries); (2) trends of heavy metal (HM) and nitrogen (N) concentrations in moss in Europe (1990–2010); (3) correlations between concentrations of HM in moss and soil specimens collected across Norway (1990–2010); and (4) canopy drip-induced site-specific variation of N concentration in moss sampled in seven European countries (1990–2013). While the minimum sample sizes on the European and national level were achieved without exception, for some ecological land classes and elements, the coverage with sampling sites should be improved. The decline in emission and subsequent atmospheric deposition of HM across Europe has resulted in decreasing HM concentrations in moss between 1990 and 2010. In contrast, hardly any changes were observed for N in moss between 2005, when N was included into the survey for the first time, and 2010. In Norway, both, the moss and the soil survey data sets, were correlated, indicating a decrease of HM concentrations in moss and soil. At the site level, the average N deposition inside of forests was almost three times higher than the average N deposition outside of forests. 相似文献
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