Submarine groundwater discharge: A previously undocumented source of contaminants of emerging concern to the coastal ocean (Sydney, Australia)
Submarine groundwater discharge: A previously undocumented source of contaminants of emerging concern to the coastal ocean (Sydney, Australia)
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海底地下水排放:以前未记录的污染物来源,引起了沿海海洋的新关注(澳大利亚悉尼)
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111519
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Santos Isaac R.
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作者:
McKenzie Trista;Holloway Ceylena;Dulai Henrietta;Tucker James P.;Sugimoto Ryo;Nakajima Toshimi;Harada Kana;Santos Isaac R.
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is rarely considered as a pathway for contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). Here, we investigated SGD as a source of CECs in Sydney Harbour, Australia. CEC detection frequencies based on presence/absence of a specific compound were >90% for caffeine, carbamazepine, and dioxins, and overall ranged from 25 to 100% in five studied embayments. SGD rates estimated from radium isotopes explained >80% of observed CEC inventories for one or more compounds (caffeine, carbamazepine, dioxins, sulfamethoxazole, fluoroquinolones and ibuprofen) in four out of the five embayments. Radium-derived residence times imply mixing is also an important process for driving coastal inventories of these persistent chemicals. Two compounds (ibuprofen and dioxins) were in concentrations deemed a high risk to the ecosystem. Overall, we demonstrate that SGD can act as a vector for CECs negatively impacting coastal water quality.