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Kemiallisen metsäteollisuuden uuteaineiden sedimenttihistoria ja sedimenttien riskinarviointi
2008
Sediment diffusion method improves wastewater nitrogen removal in the receiving lake sediments
2018
Sediment microbes have a great potential to transform reactive N to harmless N2, thus decreasing wastewater nitrogen load into aquatic ecosystems. Here, we examined if spatial allocation of the wastewater discharge by a specially constructed sediment diffuser pipe system enhanced the microbial nitrate reduction processes. Full-scale experiments were set on two Finnish lake sites, Keuruu and Petäjävesi, and effects on the nitrate removal processes were studied using the stable isotope pairing technique. All nitrate reduction rates followed nitrate concentrations, being highest at the wastewater-influenced sampling points. Complete denitrification with N2 as an end-product was the main nitrat…
Exposure assessment of animals to sediments contaminated by pulp and paper mills
2007
Sellu- ja paperiteollisuuden jätevesillä on haittavaikutuksia kaloihin ja muihin vesieläimiin vielä senkin jälkeen, kun vierasaineet ovat hautautuneet vesistön pohjaan osaksi sedimenttiä eli järven pohjaan kerrostunutta ainesta. Vierasaineet voivat vapautua takaisin eliöille saatavaan muotoon, jos vesi sekoittuu voimakkaasti esimerkiksi ruoppauksen tai rajujen myrskyjen yhteydessä. Myös sedimentissä asustaviin pohjaeläimiin kertyy sellu- ja paperiteollisuuden vierasaineita. FM Päivi Meriläinen tutki väitöskirjassaan sellu- ja paperiteollisuuden saastuttamien sedimenttien altistamia vesieläimiä Etelä-Saimaan alueella. Sellu- ja paperiteollisuuden jätevesien haittavaikutuksia kaloihin ja muih…
Unraveling long-term changes in lake color based on optical properties of lake sediment
2020
A number of boreal surface waters have become browner over the last two decades. Recovery from acid rain is regarded as an important driver for this lake color increase, indicating a general browner lake color in preindustrial times. However, the lack of long-term monitoring data makes it challenging to unravel historical changes in lake color. In this study, we estimated long-term development in lake color (1800 to 2015) based on the optical properties of alkaline extractable dissolved organic matter (DOM) from sediment using UV–Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. We found that the present lake color (2015) was significantly browner (four times higher in absorption coefficient) than for the…
The fate aspects of pharmaceuticals in the environment : biotransformation, sedimentation and exposure of fish
2012
Optical Monitoring of Microplastics Filtrated from Wastewater Sludge and Suspended in Ethanol.
2021
The abundance of microplastics (MPs) in the atmosphere, on land, and especially in water bodies is well acknowledged. In this study, we establish an optical method based on three different techniques, namely, specular reflection to probe the medium, transmission spectroscopy measurements for the detection and identification, and a speckle pattern for monitoring the sedimentation of MPs filtrated from wastewater sludge and suspended in ethanol. We used first Raman measurements to estimate the presence and types of different MPs in wastewater sludge samples. We also used microscopy to identify the shapes of the main MPs. This allowed us to create a teaching set of samples to be characterized …
Autochthonous organic matter promotes DNRA and suppresses N2O production in sediments of the coastal Baltic Sea
2021
Coastal environments are nitrogen (N) removal hot spots, which regulate the amount of land-derived N reaching the open sea. However, mixing between freshwater and seawater creates gradients of inorganic N and bioavailable organic matter, which affect N cycling. In this study, we compare nitrate reduction processes between estuary and offshore archipelago environments in the coastal Baltic Sea. Denitrification rates were similar in both environments, despite lower nitrate and carbon concentrations in the offshore archipelago. However, DNRA (dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium) rates were higher at the offshore archipelago stations, with a higher proportion of autochthonous carbon. Th…
Järvisedimenttien iänmääritys lyijyajoituksella
2013
Radioaktiivisuudella tarkoitetaan epästabiilin ytimen hajoamista toiseksi ytimeksi. Käytännössä ydin voi hajota kolmella perusprosessilla; alfa-, beeta tai gammahajoamisella, joista gammahajoamisessa virittyneen ytimen viritystila purkautuu emittoimalla gammahiukkasen, fotonin, jonka energia vastaa viritystilan tai viritystilojen välistä energiaa. Lyijyn isotoopin 210Pb (puoliintumisaika noin 22 vuotta) gammahajoamiseen perustuvalla lyijyajoituksella voidaan määrittää järvenpohjien sedimenttikerrosten ikä syvyyden funktiona. Sedimentteihin 210Pb kertyy kahdella tavalla: hajoamalla radioaktiivisesti maaperässä olevasta radiumista sekä ilmakehästä suoraan esimerkiksi sateiden välityksellä tai…