Enhanced Dissolved Organic Matter Recovery from Saltwater Samples with Electrodialysis     

Luke R. Chambers  Ellery D. Ingall  Emily M. Saad  Amelia F. Longo  Masayuki Takeuchi  Yuanzhi Tang  Claudia Benitez-Nelson  Sheean T. Haley  Sonya T. Dyhrman  Jay Brandes  Aron Stubbins 《Aquatic Geochemistry》2016,22(5-6):555-572

Complexities associated with dissolved organic matter (DOM) isolation from seawater have hampered compositional characterization of this key component of global carbon and nutrient cycles. DOM isolation efficiency by electrodialysis (ED) from salt-containing waters was optimized and evaluated on samples including coastal ocean seawater, open ocean seawater, artificial seawater from axenic cultures of marine phytoplankton, and artificial seawater samples containing standard compounds of different molecular sizes and charge. ED was performed with a system optimized for processing 2–10 L sample volumes. Additionally, the combination of ED and solid-phase extraction, using Bond Elut PPL exchange resin, was evaluated. Using only ED, the following DOC recoveries were achieved: coastal seawater, 71.3 ± 6.5 %; open ocean, 50.5 ± 3.1 %; phytoplankton cultures, 70.3 ± 12.5 %; glucose, 90.2 ± 2.1 %; EDTA, 67.5 ± 9.9 %; and vitamin B₁₂, 98.3 ± 1.6 %. With the combination of PPL and ED techniques, an average DOC recovery of 76.7 ± 2.6 % was obtained for coastal seawater, but this recovery was not statistically different from seawater recoveries using only ED. Comparison of C/N ratios and fluorescence excitation emission matrices taken at the beginning and end of the recovery process for coastal samples processed using only ED indicated that the final recovered material was representative of the DOM present in the original samples. Typical recoveries using combined PPL and ED exceed those of previous isolation methods.  相似文献   

Allowances for evolving coastal flood risk under uncertain local sea-level rise   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Maya K. Buchanan  Robert E. Kopp  Michael Oppenheimer  Claudia Tebaldi 《Climatic change》2016,137(3-4):347-362

Estimates of future flood hazards made under the assumption of stationary mean sea level are biased low due to sea-level rise (SLR). However, adjustments to flood return levels made assuming fixed increases of sea level are also inadequate when applied to sea level that is rising over time at an uncertain rate. SLR allowances—the height adjustment from historic flood levels that maintain under uncertainty the annual expected probability of flooding—are typically estimated independently of individual decision-makers’ preferences, such as time horizon, risk tolerance, and confidence in SLR projections. We provide a framework of SLR allowances that employs complete probability distributions of local SLR and a range of user-defined flood risk management preferences. Given non-stationary and uncertain sea-level rise, these metrics provide estimates of flood protection heights and offsets for different planning horizons in coastal areas. We illustrate the calculation of various allowance types for a set of long-duration tide gauges along U.S. coastlines.  相似文献   

Seasonal changes in organotin compounds in sediments from the Bahía Blanca Estuary     

Pamela Y. Quintas  Ana L. Oliva  Andrés Arias  Claudia E. Domini  Mónica B. Alvarez  Mariano Garrido  Jorge E. Marcovecchio 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(8):659

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Potentially harmful elements and lead isotopes distribution in a heavily anthropized suburban area: the Casoria case study (Italy)     

Diego Civitillo  Robert A. Ayuso  Annamaria Lima  Stefano Albanese  Rosario Esposito  Claudia Cannatelli  Benedetto De Vivo 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(19):1325

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Characterization of a landslide-triggered debris flow at a rainforest-covered mountain region in Brazil     

Cabral  Victor Carvalho  Reis  Fábio Augusto Gomes Vieira  D’Affonseca  Fernando Mazo  Lucía  Ana  dos Santos Corrêa  Claudia Vanessa  Veloso  Vinicius  Gramani  Marcelo Fischer  Ogura  Agostinho Tadashi  Lazaretti  Andrea Fregolente  Vemado  Felipe  Pereira Filho  Augusto José  dos Santos  Claudia Cristina  Lopes  Eymar Silva Sampaio  Rabaco  Lis Maria Reoni  do Carmo Giordano  Lucilia  Zarfl  Christiane 《Natural Hazards》2021,108(3):3021-3043

Natural Hazards - Debris flows represent great hazard to humans due to their high destructive power. Understanding their hydrogeomorphic dynamics is fundamental in hazard assessment studies,...  相似文献   

The importance of subsurface nepheloid layers in transport and delivery of sediments to the eastern Cariaco Basin,Venezuela     

Laura Lorenzoni  Robert C Thunell  Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson  David Hollander  Nahysa Martinez  Eric Tappa  Ramón Varela  Yrene Astor  Frank E. Muller-Karger 《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2009,56(12):2249-2262

Optical transmissometer measurements were coupled with particulate organic matter (POM) observations to understand suspended sediment composition and distribution in the eastern Cariaco Basin during the rainy seasons of September 2003 and 2006. Our results suggest that nepheloid layers originating at the mouth of small mountainous rivers discharging into the eastern Basin are a major delivery mechanism of terrigenous sediments to the Basin interior. Intermediate nepheloid layers (INL) were observed near the shelf break (～100 m) and appear to effectively transport terrigenous material laterally from the shelf to deep waters, thereby providing a plausible supply mechanism of the terrestrial material observed in sediment traps. These findings highlight the importance of small, local rivers in the Cariaco Basin as sources of terrestrial material. In contrast, these nepheloid layers contained only limited POM. When this information is combined with published sediment trap POM data, it suggests that nepheloid layers may not be a primary mechanism for delivering terrigenous POM to the deeper waters of the basin during the rainy season. Rather, BNL may redistribute marine-derived POM from shallow waters to the Basin's interior by providing ballast materials, particularly during episodic events driven by wind and precipitation. Though we have determined that nepheloid layers play an important role in the seaward transport of particulate material in the Cariaco Basin, their composition and temporal variability have not been fully characterized. This is critical to understand lateral particle transport, since nepheloid layers constitute a significant source of sediment to the deep Cariaco Basin.  相似文献   

The role of carbonate ions in pyrite oxidation in aqueous systems     

Claudia L. Caldeira  Virginia S.T. Ciminelli  Kwadwo Osseo-Asare 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2010,74(6):1777-1789

The mechanism of pyrite oxidation in carbonate-containing alkaline solutions at 80 °C was investigated with the help of rate experiments, thermodynamic modeling and diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS). Pyrite oxidation rate increased with pH and was enhanced by addition of bicarbonate/carbonate ions. The carbonate effect was found to be limited to moderately alkaline conditions (pH 8-11). Metastable Eh-pH diagrams, at 25 °C, indicate that soluble iron-carbonate complexes (FeHCO₃⁻, FeCO₃⁰, Fe(CO₃)(OH)⁻ and FeCO₃²⁻) may coexist with pyrite in the pH range of 6-12.5. Above pH 11 and 13, the Fe(II) and Fe(III) hydroxocomplexes, respectively, become stable, even in the presence of carbonate/bicarbonate ions. Surface-bound carbonate complexes on iron were also identified with DRIFTS as products of pyrite oxidation in addition to iron oxyhydroxides and soluble sulfate species. The conditions under which thermodynamic and DRIFTS analyses indicate the presence of carbonate compounds also correspond to those in which the fastest rate of pyrite oxidation in carbonate solutions was observed. Following the Singer-Stumm model for pyrite oxidation in acidic solutions, it is assumed that Fe(III) is the preferred pyrite oxidant under alkaline conditions. We propose that carbonate ions facilitate the electron transfer from soluble iron(II)-carbonate to O₂, increase the iron solubility, and provide buffered, favorable alkaline conditions at the reaction front, which in turn favors the overall kinetics of pyrite oxidation. Therefore, the electron transfer from sulfur atoms to O₂ is facilitated by the formation of the cycle of Fe(II)-pyrite/Fe(III)-carbonate redox couple at the pyrite surface.  相似文献   

The equations of medieval cosmology     

Roberto Buonanno  Claudia Quercellini 《New Astronomy》2009,14(3):347-348

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Complex polynomials for the computation of 2D gravity anomalies     

Sergio E. Oliva  Claudia L. Ravazzoli 《Geophysical Prospecting》1997,45(5):809-818

We present an efficient algorithm using a complex variables formulation for the computation of the gravity effect of 2D polygonal bodies having densities varying both laterally and with depth. The first derivatives of the gravity effect are also provided in order to enable the computation of the Jacobian matrix, which is necessary for linear inverse gravity problems. A geophysical example based on numerical assumptions about the density contrast on a well-studied basin area shows the applicability of the algorithm.  相似文献   

A review of present techniques and methodological advances in analyzing Th in aquatic systems     

Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff  Manmohan M. Sarin  Mark Baskaran  Claudia Benitez-Nelson  Ken O. Buesseler  Matt Charette  Minhan Dai   rjan Gustafsson  Pere Masque  Paul J. Morris  Kent Orlandini  Alessia Rodriguez y Baena  Nicolas Savoye  Sabine Schmidt  Robert Turnewitsch  Ingrid Vge  James T. Waples 《Marine Chemistry》2006,100(3-4):190

The short-lived thorium isotope ²³⁴Th (half-life 24.1 days) has been used as a tracer for a variety of transport processes in aquatic systems. Its use as a tracer of oceanic export via sinking particles has stimulated a rapidly increasing number of studies that require analyses of ²³⁴Th in both marine and freshwater systems. The original ²³⁴Th method is labor intensive. Thus, there has been a quest for simpler techniques that require smaller sample volumes. Here, we review current methodologies in the collection and analysis of ²³⁴Th from the water column, discuss their individual strengths and weaknesses, and provide an outlook on possible further improvements and future challenges. Also included in this review are recommendations on calibration procedures and the production of standard reference materials as well as a flow chart designed to help researchers find the most appropriate ²³⁴Th analytical technique for a specific aquatic regime and known sampling constraints.  相似文献