Gutless marine worms of the family Siboglinidae have been found in the estuaries of the largest Arctic rivers Yenisei, Lena, and Mackenzie. Siboglinid metabolism is provided by symbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria. Strong salinity stratification is characteristic of the estuaries of the largest Arctic rivers and ensures a high salinity at depths of 25-36 m, where siboglinids were found. High methane concentrations, which are necessary for siboglinid metabolism, result from dissociation of permafrost gas hydrates under the influence of river runoff in the conditions of Arctic warming.
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Mar Pollut Bull
December 2024
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, NIOF, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address:
Background: The highly industrialized areas characterize the delta coasts of the world, due to the discharging of large quantity of wastewater into the river estuaries. The entrance of phenolic compounds and PAHs into the aquatic environment has not been sufficiently studied on the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. The article examines the content and ecological risks associated with 11 phenolic compounds and 14 PAHs in the bottom sediments of the Nile River estuaries, the largest river systems that discharged into the Mediterranean Sea.
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December 2024
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America.
The capacity for a non-native species to become invasive largely hinges on existing dispersal capacity or adaptation of dispersal in new environments. Here we provide early evidence that invasive Northern Pike (Esox lucius), a Holarctic freshwater top predator, illegally introduced in the late 1950s into Southcentral Alaska, are now dispersing through estuarine corridors. This finding represents the first known documentation of estuary use and dispersal by Northern Pike in North America, exacerbating conservation concerns for already depressed populations of culturally and economically important species such as salmonids.
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December 2024
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, Brazil; Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (IO-FURG), Av. Itália s/n, Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, Brazil. Electronic address:
Organotin compounds (OTs) used to be the most widely used biocide in antifouling paint systems, but the International Maritime Organization (IMO) banned them because of their high environmental toxicity to non-target organisms. Currently, at least 25 active ingredients are being employed as biocides in antifouling paint formulations. In the present study, silicone rubber-based passive sampling was used to determine the freely dissolved concentrations (C) of 6 OTs and 4 booster biocides in the water column at the entrance of Santos Port's main navigation channel, the largest Port of South America (southeastern Brazil).
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December 2024
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Many estuaries experience eutrophication, deoxygenation and warming, with potential impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. However, the response of NO production to these changes is poorly constrained. Here we applied nitrogen isotope tracer incubations to measure NO production under experimentally manipulated changes in oxygen and temperature in the Chesapeake Bay-the largest estuary in the United States.
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December 2024
Laboratório de Química Analítica E Ecotoxicologia (LAEC), Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Av. Dos Portugueses, 1966, São Luís, Maranhão, 65080-805, Brazil.
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