Publications by authors named "Quinten Struik"

Recent studies indicate that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural drainage ditches can be significant on a per-unit area basis, but spatiotemporal investigations are still limited. Additionally, the impact of dredging - a common management in such environments - on ditch GHG emissions is largely unknown. This study presents year-round GHG emissions from nine ditches on a dairy farm in the center of the Netherlands, where each year, approximately half of the ditches are dredged in alternating cycles.

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Aquatic ecosystems are large contributors to global methane (CH4) emissions. Eutrophication significantly enhances CH4-production as it stimulates methanogenesis. Mitigation measures aimed at reducing eutrophication, such as the addition of metal salts to immobilize phosphate (PO43-), are now common practice.

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Article Synopsis
  • Dredging is performed to maintain waterways and improve water quality, but recent studies highlight its role in reducing aquatic greenhouse gas emissions, without addressing emissions from the dredged sludge itself.
  • The study conducted in the Netherlands measured GHG emissions, such as carbon dioxide and methane, from a sludge depot, finding that drying sludge increases emissions, while permanent inundation significantly reduces them.
  • Adding zeolite to sludge helped lower nitrous oxide emissions but didn't impact total GHG emissions; further research is needed on different types of sludge to better understand their environmental effects.
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Agricultural drainage ditches are subjected to high anthropogenic nitrogen input, leading to eutrophication and greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (N-DAMO) could be a promising remediation strategy to remove methane (CH4) and nitrate (NO3-) simultaneously. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the potential of N-DAMO to remove excess NO3- and decrease CH4 release from agricultural drainage ditches.

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