Comparison of wastewater-associated contaminants in the bed sediment of Hempstead Bay, New York, before and after Hurricane Sandy

Fisher, Shawn C.; Phillips, Patrick J.; Brownawell, Bruce J.; Browne, James P.

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.044

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“…Overall, NP concentrations were far lower in comparison to other areas, except for coastal areas in southern France (Hong et al, 2009). Tonalide and galaxolide levels were also lower when compared to semi-enclosed coastal areas such as Cádiz Bay (Pintado-Herrera et al, 2016a) and Hempstead Bay (Fisher et al, 2016), but comparable to the levels reported in urbanized coastal areas from China (Pintado-Herrera et al, 2016b) and Korea (Lee et al, 2014). The concentrations of the UV filters EHMC and octocrylene in our study were far lower than those reported in the Eastern Mediterranean (Amine et al, 2012), while EHMC presented similar concentrations to those detected in touristic areas, as southern France (northwestern Mediterranean coast; Amine et al, 2012) and urbanized areas, as the Pearl River Estuary, China (Pintado-Herrera et al, 2016b).…”

Section: Comparison Of the Occurrence Sources And Distribuion Of Legacy And Emerging Contaminants In Sedimentsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Distribution and fate of legacy and emerging contaminants along the Adriatic Sea: A comparative study

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Pintado-Herrera

Lara-Martín

et al. 2016

Environmental Pollution

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Section: Comparison Of the Occurrence Sources And Distribuion Of Legacy And Emerging Contaminants In Sedimentsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Distribution and fate of legacy and emerging contaminants along the Adriatic Sea: A comparative study

Combi

Pintado-Herrera

Lara-Martín

et al. 2016

Environmental Pollution

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“…These impacted waters become a pressing concern for both human and ecosystem health (Cooper et al 2016;Fisher et al 2016a). While the vulnerability of coastal large-scale centralized wastewater treatment plants has been recognized, prompting retrofits to protect them from storm events and SLR (Fisher et al 2016b;Foster 2015;Hummel et al 2018;Takamatsu et al 2015; Woodard & Curran and RPS ASA 2017), OWTS have been overlooked despite their widespread use in coastal communities. Though some studies examined emerging contaminant loads from OWTS in waterbodies along the mid-Atlantic coast after Superstorm Sandy (Fisher et al 2016a), and assessments of OWTS vulnerability to SLR exist for Miami-Dade County (Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory & Economic Resources et al 2018), to the authors' knowledge, little research has been published assessing wide-scale impacts on OWTS from storms affecting the south-facing shores of New England, nor are there guidelines available to help improve their resiliency to future flooding or coastal storm events.…”

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Geospatial Modeling Suggests Threats from Stormy Seas to Rhode Island’s Coastal Septic Systems

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Dowling²,

Loomis

et al. 2020

J. Sustainable Water Built Environ.

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Mangrove Disturbance and Response Following the 2017 Hurricane Season in Puerto Rico

Branoff

2019

Estuaries and Coasts

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Mangrove ecosystem responses to tropical cyclones have been well documented over the last half a century, resulting in repeated measures of tree mortality, aboveground biomass reduction, and recovery by species, size, and geomorphology. However, no studies have investigated the role of urbanization in mangrove hurricane resistance and resilience, despite increasing urbanization of tropical shorelines. This study gauges the initial response and short-term recovery of Puerto Rico's mangroves along well defined and quantified urban gradients following the 2017 hurricane season. Survival probability of tagged trees decreased with time, and the mean mortality across all sites was 22% after eleven months. Mean canopy closure loss was 51% one month after the hurricanes, and closure rates also decreased with time following the storms. Aboveground biomass accumulation decreased by 3.5 kg yr -1 per tree, corresponding to a reduction of 4.5 Mg ha -1 yr -1 at the stand level. One year later, the mangroves have recovered to 72% canopy closure and to nearly 60% of their pre-storm growth rates. No connection to urbanization could be detected in the measured dynamics. Instead, species, size and geomorphology were found to play a role. Larger trees suffered 25% more mortality than smaller size classes, and Laguncularia racemosa suffered 11% less mortality than other species.Hydro-geomorphology was also found to play a role, with forests in tidally restricted canals experiencing more canopy loss but faster recovery than open embayment systems. These findings suggest size, species, and geomorphology are important in mangrove resistance and resilience to tropical storms, and that urbanization does not play a role. Managing mangrove ecosystems for optimal shoreline protection will depend upon knowing which forests are at greatest risk in a future of increasing urbanization..

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Comparison of wastewater-associated contaminants in the bed sediment of Hempstead Bay, New York, before and after Hurricane Sandy

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Distribution and fate of legacy and emerging contaminants along the Adriatic Sea: A comparative study

Distribution and fate of legacy and emerging contaminants along the Adriatic Sea: A comparative study

Geospatial Modeling Suggests Threats from Stormy Seas to Rhode Island’s Coastal Septic Systems

Mangrove Disturbance and Response Following the 2017 Hurricane Season in Puerto Rico

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