Storm events as key moments of microplastic contamination in aquatic ecosystems

JN Hitchcock - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging issue in aquatic sciences. Rain and storm events
are responsible for the mobilization and transport of a range of pollutants in aquatic systems …

Microplastic pollution in estuaries across a gradient of human impact

JN Hitchcock, SM Mitrovic - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging issue in aquatic sciences. Little comparative
information currently exists about the problem in coastal systems exposed to different levels …

Microplastic contamination assessment in water and economic fishes in different trophic guilds from an urban water supply reservoir after flooding

J Wu, Z Jiang, Y Liu, X Zhao, Y Liang, W Lu… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rain and floods events are responsible for the transport of microplastics in freshwater
ecosystems, yet to date, rare study has examined microplastics pollution in urban water …

Biodegradable dissolved organic carbon shapes bacterial community structures and co-occurrence patterns in large eutrophic Lake Taihu

L Zhou, Y Zhou, X Tang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Interactions between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and bacteria are central in the
biogeochemical cycles of aquatic ecosystems; however, the relative importance of …

Terrestrial dissolved organic matter inflow drives temporal dynamics of the bacterial community of a subarctic estuary (northern Baltic Sea)

D Figueroa, E Capo, MV Lindh… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is projected to cause increased inflow of terrestrial dissolved organic matter
to coastal areas in northerly regions. Estuarine bacterial community will thereby receive …

Impacts of an extreme Changjiang flood on variations in carbon cycle components in the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent East China sea

S Song, R Bellerby, J Liu, W Guo, PS Yu, J Ge… - Continental Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
River flooding is expected to increase in frequency and severity under climate change.
However, the impact of extreme river flooding on the coastal carbon cycle has rarely been …

Time resolved data unveils the complex DOM dynamics in a Mediterranean river

SR Brogi, C Balestra, R Casotti, G Cossarini… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) data and optical properties (absorbance and
fluorescence) of DOM, weekly collected in the Arno River for 2 years, are used to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of phytoplankton production and community structure in nutrient-poor estuaries receiving terrestrial organic inflow

J Paczkowska, OF Rowe, D Figueroa… - Marine Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The influence of nutrient availability and light conditions on phytoplankton size-structure,
nutritional strategy and production was studied in a phosphorus-poor estuary in the northern …

Experimental additions of allochthonous dissolved organic matter reveal multiple trophic pathways to stimulate planktonic food webs

MJ Balzer, JN Hitchcock, WL Hadwen… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is still considerable debate as to whether the allochthonous (terrestrial) dissolved
organic matter (DOM) mobilised during large flow events plays an important role in …

Elevated organic carbon pulses persist in estuarine environment after major storm events

E Asmala, CL Osburn, RW Paerl… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Estuaries regulate transport of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from land to ocean. Export of
terrestrial DOC from coastal watersheds is exacerbated by increasing major rainfall and …