Global subterranean estuaries modify groundwater nutrient loading to the ocean

SJ Wilson, A Moody, T McKenzie… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial groundwater travels through subterranean estuaries before reaching the sea.
Groundwater‐derived nutrients drive coastal water quality, primary production, and …

Temporal and spatial variations in subterranean estuary geochemical gradients and nutrient cycling rates: Impacts on groundwater nutrient export to estuaries

SJ Wilson, IC Anderson, B Song… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subterranean estuaries (STEs) form at the land‐sea boundary where groundwater and
seawater mix. These biogeochemically reactive zones influence groundwater‐borne nutrient …

Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry

IR Santos, X Chen, AL Lecher, AH Sawyer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) links terrestrial and marine systems, but has often
been overlooked in coastal nutrient budgets because it is difficult to quantify. In this Review …

Fresh meteoric versus recirculated saline groundwater nutrient inputs into a subtropical estuary

M Sadat-Noori, IR Santos, DR Tait, DT Maher - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The role of groundwater in transporting nutrients to coastal aquatic systems has recently
received considerable attention. However, the relative importance of fresh versus saline …

Hydroclimatic variability drives submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient fluxes in an anthropogenically disturbed, semi-arid estuary

AR Douglas, D Murgulet, PA Montagna - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Nutrient budgets in semi-arid estuaries, with ephemeral freshwater inflows and limited
nutrient sources, are likely incomplete if contributions from submarine groundwater …

Biogeochemical and hydrological drivers of heterogeneous nutrient exports from subterranean estuaries

AJ Pain, JB Martin, CR Young - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to coastal zones contributes terrestrial freshwater
and nutrients that may support harmful algal blooms (HABs). The magnitude of nutrient …

Seawater recirculation drives groundwater nutrient loading from a developed estuary shoreline with on-site wastewater treatment systems: Mobile Bay, USA

DA Beebe, BA Lowery - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Previous studies have highlighted the influence of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)
on the environmental condition of coastal waters worldwide. Here, we focus on the quantity …

Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean through submarine groundwater discharge: controls and potential impact

CP Slomp, P Van Cappellen - Journal of Hydrology, 2004 - Elsevier
Nutrient input through submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) rivals river inputs in certain
regions and may play a significant role in nutrient cycling and primary productivity in the …

Importance of budgets for estimating the input of groundwater-derived nutrients to an eutrophic tidal river and estuary

U Makings, IR Santos, DT Maher… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Groundwater is often overlooked as a source of nutrients to estuaries and most previous
groundwater-surface water exchange studies did not consider the input of dissolved organic …

Evaluation of submarine groundwater discharge as a coastal nutrient source and its role in coastal groundwater quality and quantity

H Dulai, A Kleven, K Ruttenberg, R Briggs… - Emerging issues in …, 2016 - Springer
Globally, submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is responsible for 3–4 times the water
discharge delivered to the oceans by rivers. Moreover, nutrient concentrations in SGD are …