Microbes in beach sands: integrating environment, ecology and public health

RL Whitman, VJ Harwood, TA Edge, MB Nevers… - … Science and Bio …, 2014 - Springer
Beach sand is a habitat that supports many microbes, including viruses, bacteria, fungi and
protozoa (micropsammon). The apparently inhospitable conditions of beach sand …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesizing the effects of submarine groundwater discharge on marine biota

AL Lecher, KRM Mackey - Hydrology, 2018 - mdpi.com
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is a global and well-studied geological process by
which groundwater of varying salinities enters coastal waters. SGD is known to transport …

Groundwater dynamics in subterranean estuaries of coastal unconfined aquifers: Controls on submarine groundwater discharge and chemical inputs to the ocean

CE Robinson, P Xin, IR Santos, MA Charette… - Advances in Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustainable coastal resource management requires sound understanding of interactions
between coastal unconfined aquifers and the ocean as these interactions influence the flux …

Groundwater discharge as a source of dissolved carbon and greenhouse gases in a subtropical estuary

M Sadat-Noori, DT Maher, IR Santos - Estuaries and Coasts, 2016 - Springer
Groundwater may be highly enriched in dissolved carbon species, but its role as a source of
carbon to coastal waters is still poorly constrained. Exports of deep and shallow …

Transient groundwater dynamics in a coastal aquifer: The effects of tides, the lunar cycle, and the beach profile

E Abarca, H Karam, HF Hemond… - Water Resources …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed field measurements are combined with a numerical modeling to characterize the
groundwater dynamics beneath the discharge zone at Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts …

Beach sand and the potential for infectious disease transmission: observations and recommendations

HM Solo-Gabriele, VJ Harwood, D Kay… - Journal of the Marine …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Recent studies suggest that sand can serve as a vehicle for exposure of humans to
pathogens at beach sites, resulting in increased health risks. Sampling for microorganisms …

[PDF][PDF] 4.08 submarine groundwater discharge: a source of nutrients, metals, and pollutants to the Coastal Ocean

K Knee, A Paytan - Treatise Estuar. Coast. Sci, 2011 - academia.edu
This chapter provides a review of the current state of knowledge on submarine groundwater
discharge (SGD) and the associated fluxes of nutrients, trace metals, microbes …

[PDF][PDF] Microbial nitrogen cycling at the saltwater–freshwater interface

AE Santoro - Hydrogeology Journal, 2010 - researchgate.net
Microbial communities inhabiting “subterranean estuaries” along the subsurface freshwater–
saltwater continuum determine the fate of nitrogen discharged to coastal waters. Little is …

Covariation and photoinactivation of traditional and novel indicator organisms and human viruses at a sewage-impacted marine beach

AB Boehm, KM Yamahara, DC Love… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Sunlight modulates concentrations of Escherichia coli and enterococci in marine waters.
However, the mechanism of photoinactivation is poorly understood. Additionally, little is …

Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean from submarine groundwater discharge in a groundwater‐dominated system: Relation to land use (Kona coast, Hawaii, USA)

KL Knee, JH Street, EE Grossman>… - Limnology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated the magnitude and composition (in terms of salinity, 223Ra and 224Ra
activity, and nutrient concentrations) of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) fluxes at 11 …