甘河-布拉姆普特拉-梅格纳河系统中的积累和衰减:使用多种稳定同位素和微生物群的评估
Shan Jiang1, Md Jaker Hossain1, Sheikh Aftab Uddin2
1State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Marine pollution bulletin
|June 30, 2023
概括
溶解的无机 (DIN) 主要是酸盐,由于废水和肥料,在河-布拉马普特拉-梅赫纳河流系统中积累. 河口化导致进一步的酸盐积累,然后在稀释和同化降低沿海海洋附近的DIN.
科学领域:
- 环境化学环境化学
- 河流和河口科学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
背景情况:
- 河-布拉姆普特拉-梅格纳 (GBM) 河流系统是营养物质运输到孟加拉湾的主要途径.
- 了解溶解无机 (DIN) 动态对于管理水质和生态系统健康至关重要.
- 人类活动显著影响大型河流系统中的循环.
研究的目的:
- 调查GBM河系统下流和河口中溶解无机 (DIN) 的积累和减弱过程.
- 确定DIN的主导形式及其在河流和河口环境中的来源.
- 评估控制DIN度的因素及其在向沿海海洋过渡时的命运.
主要方法:
- 在GBM下游河流和河口的地表和地下水的实地采样.
- 化学分析以确定酸盐 (NO3-),和其他DIN成分的度.
- 稳定同位素分析 (15N-NO3和18O-NO3) 以追踪酸盐的来源.
- 评估河口中化率和微生物群落组成.
主要成果:
- 酸盐 (NO3-) 是 GBM 下游河流中占主导地位的 DIN 成分 (>90%),表面水和底水之间存在很小的差异.
- 同位素签名表明,市政废水和农业肥料可能是酸盐的主要来源.
- 梅格纳河的氨度增加,这与工业区的污水排放有关.
- 在河口,高化率超过了去除,导致酸盐的积累.
- 由于海水稀释和生物同化,DIN度在沿海海洋下降.
结论:
- GBM河流系统经历了大量的酸盐积累,主要是由人为输入驱动的.
- 河口化在向沿海区排放之前,在放大酸盐水平方面发挥着关键作用.
- 河流和河口环境表现出强烈的联系,DIN输入影响接收沿海水的生态稳定性.
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