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Spatial and seasonal trends of trace metals in the surficial sediments from off Kochi - Geochemistry and environmental implications Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Princy M. John, Vishnu Murali, Kunal Chakraborty, Aneesh Lotlikar, K. Shameem, K. Habeeb Rahman, Anu Gopinath
Fifty four sediment samples representing pre and post-monsoon seasons were collected along a transect from off Kochi, lying between the latitudes 9°57′59.5″-9°54′30.4″ and longitudes 76°11′7.04″-75°38′50.3″ of the South eastern Arabian Sea. The present study investigates the levels of trace metals (Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu, Fe, Ni, Mn, Co and Cr), total organic carbon (TOC), total inorganic carbon (TIC), elemental
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Spatial distribution of potentially harmful trace elements and ecological risk assessment in Zhanjiang mangrove wetland, South China Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Kewei Zhao, Kunshan Bao, Ying Yan, Bigyan Neupane, Changjun Gao
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Plastic debris forms: Rock analogues emerging from marine pollution Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Fernanda Avelar Santos, Giovana Rebelo Diório, Carlos Conforti Ferreira Guedes, Gerson Fernandino, Paulo C.F. Giannini, Rodolfo José Angulo, Maria Cristina de Souza, Maria Aparecida Ferreira César-Oliveira, Angelo Roberto dos Santos Oliveira
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Plastic pollution in the surface water in Jakarta, Indonesia Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Mega Mutiara Sari, Pertiwi Andarani, Suprihanto Notodarmojo, Regil Kentaurus Harryes, Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Kuriko Yokota, Takanobu Inoue
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Spatio-temporal variation and seasonal dynamics of stranded beach anthropogenic debris on Indonesian beach from the results of nationwide monitoring Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Muhammad Reza Cordova, Mochamad Riza Iskandar, Ahmad Muhtadi, Nurhasanah, Ramadhona Saville, Etty Riani
The first stranded macrodebris study on a national scale in Indonesia was conducted on 18 beaches from February 2018 to December 2019. The average weight and abundance of beach debris were higher between October and February (rainy season). The highest stranded macrodebris was located in Ambon, Manado, Takalar, and Padang. Plastic (46.38 %) was the most prevalent type of debris across all macrodebris
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Ultraphytoplankton community structure in subsurface waters along a North-South Mediterranean transect Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Ismail Boudriga, Melilotus Thyssen, Amel Zouari, Nicole Garcia, Marc Tedetti, Malika Bel Hassen
Here we assessed the subsurface ultraphytoplanktonic (< 10 μm) community along a North-South round-trip Mediterranean transect as part of a MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE cruise campaign in April–May 2019. Temperature, salinity, and nutrient concentrations in subsurface waters (2–5 m depth) were also measured along the transect. The subsurface ultraphytoplankton community structure was resolved with a spatial resolution
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Spatial distribution and ecological risk evaluation of toxic metals in the southern Black Sea coastal sediments Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Koray Özşeker, Coşkun Erüz, Yahya Terzi
Spatial distribution and ecological risk levels of toxic metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, As, Sr, V, and La) in sediments from the southern Black Sea coastal (Türkiye) were evaluated. The sediment samples were taken in April and May 2019 from thirty-one stations, from depths ranged between 16 and 65 m. The average metal concentrations (in dry weight) varied from 59.4 ± 4.8 to 102.5 ± 12.3 for Cu, 39.3 ± 4
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Response mechanisms to ocean warming exposure in Effrenium voratum (Symbiodiniaceae) Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Fangfang Yang, Zhangliang Wei, Lijuan Long
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Bioaccumulation of selected trace elements in some aquatic organisms from the proximity of Qeshm Island ecosystems: Human health perspective Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Azam Ahmadi, Farid Moore, Behnam Keshavarzi, Haniyeh Shahimi, Peter S. Hooda
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Contamination and source of metals in surface sediments from the Nandu River of Hainan Island, China Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Yanling Sun, Jianzhou Yang, Jingjing Gong, Zhuang Duan
Concentrations of eight metals, organic carbon (Corg), and eight oxides were measured in 33 river sediment samples from the Nandu River. Sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) showed no severe pollution at all stations. However, according to the geo-accumulation index (Igeo), enrichment factor (EF), and potential ecological risk index (EI and RI), As and Cd were the primary pollutants in the survey area
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Citizen science in marine litter research: A review Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 L.A. Kawabe, N.P. Ghilardi-Lopes, A. Turra, K.J. Wyles
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Using long-term citizen science data to distinguish zones of debris accumulation Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Kathryn A. Willis, Timothy Jones, Rachel Cohen, Hillary Burgess, Jackie Lindsey, Julia Parrish
Studies show that a driver of coastal debris is the rate between debris deposition and resuspension; however, the influence of beach zone topography on the distribution of debris remains poorly understood. Using five years of marine debris data collected by the COASST citizen science program, we explored the spatiotemporal trends in debris abundance within two regions of the United States Pacific Northwest
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Comparative transcriptomics of two coral holobionts collected during the 2017 El Niño heat wave reveal differential stress response mechanisms Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Jack Chi-Ho Ip, Yanjie Zhang, James Y. Xie, Yip Hung Yeung, Jian-Wen Qiu
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Variations in the nutrient concentration and composition in Liaodong Bay under long-term human activities Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Ke Wang, Qinsheng Wei, Huimin Jian, Zhimei Gao, Qingzhen Yao
This paper analyzed the long-term variations in nutrients in Liaodong Bay and their potential influencing factors based on historical data from 1978 to 2019. Under the influence of both human activities and natural changes, the concentration of DIN increased approximately 4-fold from the end of the 1990s to the mid-2010s, while DIP and DSi concentrations decreased from the beginning to the end of the
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Identifying marine debris source position using adjoint marginal sensitivity method and stranded beach litter data in Singapore Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Hong Siang Gan, Shunsuke Kanao, Toru Sato, Klaus Hellgardt, Yusuke Uchiyama
Movement of marine debris is transboundary and complex, travelling vast distances and accumulating on shorelines. These marine debris wash ashore as stranded beach litter. The objective of this work is to identify release sources of marine debris accumulated along the Singapore coastlines collected by applying a time-backward adjoint marginal sensitivity method and citizen science data of stranded
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Metabolism deficiency and oxidative stress induced by plastic particles in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis: Common and distinct phenotypic and transcriptomic responses to nano- and microplastics Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Heesang Shin, Chang-Bum Jeong
Growing experimental data on the adverse effects of microplastic pollution on marine biota indicate that the size of the plastic particles is a key determinant of toxicity. Here, we investigated size-dependent toxicity at different levels of biological organizations in the marine rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, from bioaccumulation as an initiating event to adverse in-vivo outcomes, with ecotoxicogenomic
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Heavy metal concentrations in the Pacific sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon longurio from the Santa Rosalia mining zone, Baja California Sur, Mexico Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Julio Cesar Martínez-Ayala, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Arturo Tripp-Valdez, Ana Judith Marmolejo-Rodríguez, Alejandra Piñón-Gimate, Miguel Angel Huerta-Diaz, Alberto Sánchez-González
Rhizoprionodon longurio is an important commercial species captured in an area with heavy metal presence due to the mining waste from Santa Rosalia, Gulf of California, and levels of heavy metals in its muscle remain unknown. This study aimed to investigate whether contamination levels are below the limits allowed for human consumption and to prevent health damage. Concentrations of essential (Cu,
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The hidden cost of following currents: Microplastic ingestion in a planktivorous seabird Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Federico De Pascalis, Beatrice De Felice, Marco Parolini, Danilo Pisu, David Pala, Diego Antonioli, Elena Perin, Valentina Gianotti, Luca Ilahiane, Giulia Masoero, Lorenzo Serra, Diego Rubolini, Jacopo G. Cecere
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Endemic sponge Lubomirskia baikalensis as a bioindicator of chemical elements pollution in Lake Baikal Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Alena Yakhnenko, Inga Zinicovscaia, Nikita Yushin, Omari Chaligava, Ivan Nebesnykh, Dmitrii Grozdov, Igor Khanaev, Octavian G. Duliu, Olga Maikova, Elena Kravchenko
To evaluate the prospects of using Baikal endemic sponges as bioindicators of chemical elements pollution, the elemental composition of sponges, water and substrate samples, collected in two areas with different levels of anthropogenic loading of the Baikal Lake, was determined using two analytical techniques. The content of Cl, Ca, V, Zn, As, Se, Ba, Cd, and Cu in the sponges collected in Listvennichny
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Gut microbiome and metabolome of sea cucumber (Stichopus ocellatus) as putative markers for monitoring the marine sediment pollution in Pahang, Malaysia Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Siew Shing Wei, Choo Mei Yen, Ian P.G. Marshall, Hazrulrizawati Abd Hamid, Shamrulazhar Shamzir Kamal, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Hajar Fauzan Ahmad
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Macroplastic transfer dynamics in the Loire estuary: Similarities and specificities with macrotidal estuaries Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 L. Ledieu, R. Tramoy, D. Mabilais, S. Ricordel, L. Verdier, B. Tassin, J. Gasperi
The quantification of macroplastic fluxes transferred by rivers toward the pelagic environment requires a better understanding of macrodebris transfer processes in estuarine environments. Following the strategy adopted in the Seine estuary, this study aims to characterize macroplastic trajectories in the Loire estuary. Between January 2020 and July 2021, 35 trajectories were monitored using plastic
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The Kuroshio radiocesium stream Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Ting-Hsuan Huang, Wei-Jen Huang, Yiing-Jang Yang, Sen Jan, Ming-An Lee, Ming-Ta Lee
The Fukushima accident released short-lived Cs-134 and longer-lived Cs-137 to the ocean. The amount, although substantial, is much less than that produced during the atomic bomb tests 60 years ago. But, the latter has received little attention. Here we found only Cs-137 in waters near the origin of the Kuroshio. The speed of the Kuroshio current generally decreases with water depth, yet, the Cs-137
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Heat stress and evisceration caused lipid metabolism and neural transduction changes in sea cucumber: Evidence from metabolomics Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Da Huo, Fang Su, Wei Cui, Shilin Liu, Libin Zhang, Hongsheng Yang, Lina Sun
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Comment on “Development of a gamma ray dose rate calculation and mapping tool for Lagrangian marine nuclear emergency response models” by Little et al. Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Michio Aoyama
Care must be taken when calculating the sum of released amounts to the environment for different radionuclides of whose physical and chemical characteristics are quite different and the radiological impact of the radionuclides are also quite different. In this comment, the mishandling of summation in “Development of a gamma ray dose rate calculation and mapping tool for Lagrangian marine nuclear emergency
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Transcriptional response of short-term nanoplastic exposure in Monodonta labio Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Zhujun Li, Zhiqiang Han
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Intensive marine finfish aquaculture impacts community structure and metal bioaccumulation in meso-zooplankton Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Iestyn Lloyd Penry-Williams, Ioanna Kalantzi, Eleni Tzempelikou, Manolis Tsapakis
Commercial aquaculture has a profound impact on coastal marine environments. Here, we investigate the spatial impact of intensive commercial finfish aquaculture on local meso-zooplankton communities and the bioaccumulation of aquaculturally-derived metals (and other elements) within zooplankton samples in the Vourlias Bay, Greece. The results indicate alterations to zooplankton community composition
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Assessment of heavy metals distribution and environmental risk parameters in bottom sediments of the Pechora River estuary (Arctic Ocean Basin) Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-06 Evgeny Yakovlev, Andrey Puchkov, Alexey Malkov, Daria Bedrina
The article is devoted to the study of the content of heavy metals in the bottom sediments of the estuary of the Pechora River, which is the largest river in the European Arctic of Russia. In addition to metals, the particle size distribution and physicochemical parameters of river sediments were analyzed, such as the content of carbonates, organics and ash components. Average concentrations of heavy
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Impact of flow field resolution on produced water transport in Lagrangian and Eulerian models Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-06 Raymond Nepstad, Tor Nordam, Ingrid H. Ellingsen, Lionel Eisenhauer, Emma Litzler, Konstantinos Kotzakoulakis
During offshore petroleum production, large volumes of produced water are continuously discharged. The environmental impact from such discharges is typically assessed with numerical models, which simulate the transport and dilution of the produced water plume in order to predict environmental concentrations of its chemical constituents. In this study we investigate the effects of model resolution (800 m
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Occurrence and characteristics of microdebris in commercial fish species of Guyana, South America Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-06 Shameeza Alfred, Mark Ram, Rovindra Lakenarine, Devya Hemraj, Gyanpriya Maharaj
Microdebris ingestion in fish is widespread and has adverse effects on marine life. This study assessed the occurrence and type of microdebris found in three commercially important fish species from different landing sites along Guyana's coast. Visual examination of fish gut content was initially carried out using the naked eye and a hand lens. Microscopic examinations were subsequently carried out
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Spatiotemporal patterns and influencing factors of dissolved heavy metals off the Yangtze River Estuary, East China Sea Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Xupeng Hu, Xiaoyong Shi, Rongguo Su, Yimin Jin, Shijun Ren, Xinxin Li
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Effects of tributyltin (TBT) on the intermediate metabolism of the crab Callinectes sapidus Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Leonardo Airton Ressel Simões, Éverton Lopes Vogt, Charles Santos da Costa, Marjoriane de Amaral, Mariana Leivas Müller Hoff, Jones Bernardes Graceli, Anapaula Sommer Vinagre
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Assessing contamination of microplastics in the Ghanaian coastal sea using a self-constructed LADI trawl Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Francis Nuamah, Samuel Kofi Tulashie, Joseph Sefah Debrah
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Altered nitrogen transformation pathways and a legacy of sediment organic matter enrichment Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Grady L. Petersen, Andrew M. Lohrer, Richard H. Bulmer, Conrad A. Pilditch
Estuaries are ecologically valuable ecosystems that process nutrients through complex biogeochemical processes. Here we identify drivers and inhibitors of nitrogen removal in unvegetated intertidal sandflats at six sites in Manukau Harbour (37° 2.00′S 174° 42.00′E) to quantify the exchange of solutes across the sediment-water interface, with nitrogen removal rates (NRR) measured at two contrasting
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Fugacity-based analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution in Izmit Bay, Turkey: An analytical framework for assessment with limited data Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Sumeyye Hasanoglu, Recep Kaya Göktaş
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Anode modification of sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFC) towards bioremediating mariculture wastewater Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Jingyue Yang, Yang-Guo Zhao, Xinpei Liu, Yubin Fu
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Oyster beds in the United Arab Emirates: Important fishing grounds in need of protection Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Rita Bento, Rima W. Jabado, Moaz Sawaf, Ivonne Bejarano, Fatin Samara, Fadi Yaghmour, Daniel Mateos-Molina
There is scarce information on the current importance of oyster beds as fishing grounds in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aims to understand the socio-economic value of oyster bed fisheries through questionnaire-based surveys with fishers. Of 106 Emirati fishers interviewed, 67 % use oyster beds due to the proximity to shore, better catch quality, and species abundance. Oyster bed fisheries
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Organochlorine contaminants in Rio skate (Rioraja agassizii), an endangered batoid species, from southeastern coast of Brazil Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Beatriz Corrêa, Larissa G. Paiva, Elitieri Santos-Neto, Lara G. Vidal, Cláudio E. Azevedo-Silva, Marcelo Vianna, José L. Lailson-Brito
A global movement towards decreases in elasmobranch overfishing has been noted in the last decades. However, discussion concerning the effects of POP contamination on the health and survival of these organisms is still recent. These compounds can affect the immune and endocrine systems of both sharks and batoids, impairing reproduction and impacting species recruitment, acting synergistically alongside
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Perfluoroalkyl substances in freshwater and marine fish from northern Vietnam: Accumulation levels, profiles, and implications for human consumption Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Phung Thi Vi, Nguyen Thuy Ngoc, Phan Dinh Quang, Nguyen Thanh Dam, Nguyen Minh Tue, Le Huu Tuyen, Pham Hung Viet, Duong Hong Anh
The accumulation profiles of nine perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were determined in 95 muscle samples of seven freshwater (n = 65) and seven marine (n = 30) fish species collected in Northern Vietnam. In both groups of fish, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) was the most prevalent component, accounting for roughly 29 % of total PFASs. The total PFASs in freshwater fish species ranged from 0.08
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Sub-lethal concentration of sulfamethoxazole affects the growth performance of milkfish (Chanos chanos), the microbial composition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the prevalence of sulfonamide-resistance genes in mariculture Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Sai Hung Lau, Jih-Tay Hsu, Yu-jie Chen, Ze-Fong Li, Wei-Liang Chao, Shinn-Lih Yeh, Chingwen Ying
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Spatial variability of water quality and sedimentary organic matter during winter season in coastal aquaculture zone of Korea Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Chung-Sook Kim, Seung-Hee Kim, Won Chan Lee, Dong-Hun Lee
We investigated the composition, source, and reactivity of sedimentary organic matter (OM) present in aquaculture systems along the Korean coast. A multi-isotopic approach was applied to 216 surface sediments from five sections: western (W)-1, W-2, southern (S)-1, S-2, and eastern (E)-1 sections. The 15N-enriched total nitrogen signatures in the surface sediments of the W-1 section may indicate that
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Microbial communities on plastic particles in surface waters differ from subsurface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Annika Vaksmaa, Matthias Egger, Claudia Lüke, Paula Dalcin Martins, Riccardo Rosselli, Alejandro Abdala Asbun, Helge Niemann
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The isotopic composition of organic carbon, nitrogen and provenance of organic matter in surface sediment from the Jiangsu tidal flat, southwestern Yellow Sea Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-04 Tianning Li, Gucheng Zhang, Shuai Wang, Changping Mao, Zhen Tang, Wenbo Rao
The Jiangsu tidal flat is a significant organic matter reservoir, but quantitative studies of organic matter sources are scarce. In this study, total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) concentrations and δ13Corg and δ15Ntotal values of surface sediment from Jiangsu tidal flat were investigated for their distributions, influencing factors, and sources of organic matter. TOC and TN were high
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Mercury contamination of sediments in an open coastal area of the Hupo Basin, East Sea, Korea Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-04 Dong Jin Joe, Man Sik Choi, In Kwon Um, Seong Hu Choi, So Jung Park
Mercury (Hg) contamination in open coastal areas has attracted public concern regarding safe fish consumption and management of the coastal environment, especially in areas of accidental Hg spills on inland coasts. This study investigated the temporal and spatial distribution of Hg in sediments of Youngil Bay and the Hupo Basin, East Sea, Korea; it also discussed the sources and transport of anthropogenic
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Metal contamination of intertidal sediment and macroalgae in an area impacted by paint from abandoned boats Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Andrew Turner
Metals commonly employed in boat paint (Ba, Cr, Cu, Pb, Sn and Zn) have been determined in 63-μm-fractionated intertidal sediments and in Ulva lactuca and Fucus vesiculosus sampled in the vicinity of abandoned vessels. Metal concentrations in sediment were elevated but highly variable, both between sites and amongst replicates from the same site (e.g., mean Cu ~ 100 to 1200 mg kg−1; mean Pb ~ 130 to
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Effects of changing environmental conditions on plastic ingestion and feeding ecology of a benthopelagic fish (Gadus morhua) in the Southwest Baltic Sea Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 L. Grace Walls, Thorsten Reusch, Catriona Clemmesen, Nicolas C. Ory
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First evaluation of ballast water management systems on operational ships for minimizing introductions of nonindigenous zooplankton Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Sarah A. Bailey, Torben Brydges, Oscar Casas-Monroy, Jocelyn Kydd, R. Dallas Linley, Robin M. Rozon, John A. Darling
Ballast water is a leading pathway for the global introduction of aquatic nonindigenous species. Most international ships are expected to install ballast water management systems (BWMS) by 2024 to treat ballast water before release. This study examines if ballast water discharges managed by BWMS are meeting standards for organisms ≥50 μm in minimum dimension (i.e., <10 organisms per m3; typically zooplankton)
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Coastal zone management in Sri Lanka: A lesson after recent naval accidents Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake, U.L.H.P. Perera
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Observational and model studies on transport and inventory of microplastics from a leak accident on the beaches of Yantai Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-31 Chen Zhang, Qing Wang, Jianmin Zhao, Yingjie Zhao, Encui Shan
We investigated an unexpected microplastic (MP) leakage event that occurred along the coastline of Yantai in January 2021. Sediment samples were collected from three zones on 9 beaches. MPs were identified with an average abundance of 247.6 ± 125.6 items/m2 on 7 beaches. The total amount of MPs from the leak accident was estimated to be 1.50 × 107 items (514.67 kg). The MPs were identified as polyethylene
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Management of invasive snakes in coastal environments: A baseline assessment of the Burmese python invasion in the Florida Everglades Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-31 Stephen P. Leatherman
The Florida Everglades is a unique and fragile coastal wetland ecosystem that is undergoing a decades-long, large-scale ecological restoration. This freshwater ecosystem in southern Florida has been stressed by diminishment of freshwater flow and water diversion due to agricultural activities and urbanization. The health of this vast ecosystem is also threatened by the presence of a large number of
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Recurrent disease outbreak in a warm temperate marginal coral community Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-30 Joshua M. Heitzman, Nicolè Caputo, Sung-Yin Yang, Ben P. Harvey, Sylvain Agostini
Coral diseases contribute to the rapid degradation of coral reefs on a global scale. Although widespread in tropical and subtropical reefs, disease outbreaks have not been described in warm temperate areas. Here, we report the outbreak of a new coral disease in a warm temperate marginal coral community in Japan. Outbreaks of the disease have been observed during the summer and autumn months since 2014
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Increasing the Sentinel-2 potential for marine plastic litter monitoring through image fusion techniques Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-30 Maria Kremezi, Viktoria Kristollari, Vassilia Karathanassi, Konstantinos Topouzelis, Pol Kolokoussis, Nicolò Taggio, Antonello Aiello, Giulio Ceriola, Enrico Barbone, Paolo Corradi
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A rapid staged protocol for efficient recovery of microplastics from soil and sediment matrices based on hydrophobic separation Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-30 Mingzhe Yuan, Yuning Zhang, Weihao Guo, Shan Chen, Ye Qiu, Ping Zhang
Microplastics (MPs) in soil and sediment (SS) matrices are emerging pollution hazards to ecosystems and humans. To mitigate MP pollution, suitable extractors and associated extracting solutions are required to efficiently separate MPs from SS matrices. In this study, we introduced a four-stage microplastic extractor (ME) device and investigated the fractional separation efficiencies of three extracting
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Evaluation of toxic metals in different grain size fractions of sediments of the southeastern Black Sea Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-30 Koray Özşeker, Coşkun Erüz, Yahya Terzi
Surficial marine sediment samples were collected along the southeastern Black Sea (Trabzon) coast. The sampling was conducted in June 2019 from eleven stations, with the depths varying between 8 and 30 m. Metal concentrations (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, As, and Cr) were evaluated in four different sediment size fractions; 0.063 mm (F1), 0.125 mm (F2), 0.25 mm (F3), and 0.5 mm (F4). Geoaccumulation Index (IGEO)
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Promising indicators for monitoring microplastic pollution Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Yang Zhang, Haiwen Wu, Li Xu, Hongzhi Liu, Lihui An
Microplastic pollution is a global crisis. This requires a better understanding of microplastic abundance, distribution, and accumulation to prevent potential risks in the future. However, it is very difficult to accurately identify all polymers of microplastics due to the limits of present detection technologies, which might result in overestimation and underestimation of microplastic pollution. Moreover
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Temporal trends and spatial distribution of research topics in anthropogenic marine debris study: Topic modelling using latent Dirichlet allocation Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 D. Tomojiri, K. Takaya, T. Ise
The release of anthropogenic marine debris (AMD) is one of the major environmental challenges of our time. In this study, a topic model called latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) was used to infer the research topics about AMD to provide the whole picture of the research area. The results of the LDA showed that the AMD research topics are mostly applied topics and belong to interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary
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The geochemical and environmental characteristics of trace metals in surface sediments of the river estuarine mouths around the Taiwan Island and the Taiwan Strait Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Tien Hsi Fang, Zih Ting Huang, Fu Wei Chang
The trace metals species in surface sediments of the Taiwanese river estuarine mouths and the Taiwan Strait were examined by sequential extraction method. Based on the metal species present in sediments, trace metals can be divided into three groups: (1) Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Zn; (2) Cu and Hg; and (3) Mn and Pb. The total concentrations of trace metals in the first two groups are dominated by the residual
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The influence of shellfish farming on sedimentary organic carbon mineralization: A case study in a coastal scallop farming area of Yantai, China Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Miao Zhao, Shenghui Zhang
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The effect of ocean warming on accumulation and cellular responsiveness to cobalt in Mytilus galloprovincialis Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Pedro Moleiro, Tiago Morais, Carla Leite, Francesca Coppola, Bruno Henriques, João Pinto, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Eduarda Pereira, Rosa Freitas
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Biotic resistance of native fouling communities to bioinvasions could not be demonstrated by transplant experiments in Northern Italy Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Marco Tamburini, Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Marcella Lo Vullo, Jasmine Ferrario
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Trace elements in blood of Baltic gray seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) from the Gulf of Riga and their relationship with biochemical and clinical parameters Mar. Pollut. Bull. (IF 7.001) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 L. Puchades, S.E. Gallego-Rios, A. Di Marzio, E. Martínez-López