Stable isotope and Cd/Ca ratios of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma in high-latitude sediments

Recent studies have stressed the role of high latitude nutrient levels and productivity in controlling the carbon isotopic composition of the deep sea and the CO2 content of the atmosphere. We undertook a study of the chemical composition of the polar planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s., sinistral coiling) from 30 late Holocene samples and 49 down core records from the high-latitude North and South Atlantic Oceans to evaluate the history of sea surface chemical change from glacial to interglacial time. Stable isotopic analysis of coretop samples from the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern Oceans shows no significant correlation between the delta13C of N. pachyderma and either delta13C or PO4 in seawater. Conversely, Cd/Ca ratios in planktonic foraminifera are consistent with the PO4 content of surface waters. The level of maximum glaciation (18,000 yr B.P.), identified by CLIMAP and delta18O, was chosen for mapping. Isopleths of delta18O on N. pachyderma (s.) in the North Atlantic reveal a pattern largely influenced by sea surface temperature (S.S.T.) and generally support the S.S.T. reconstruction of CLIMAP. Differences between the two suggest significantly lower salinity in North Atlantic surface waters at high latitudes than in lower latitudes. Down core delta13C records of N. pachyderma confirm that low delta13C values occurred in the northeast Atlantic during the latest glacial maximum (Labeyrie and Duplessy, 1985, doi:10.1016/0031-0182(85)90069-0). However, a map of delta13C for the 18,000 yr B.P. level for a much larger region in the North Atlantic shows that minimum N. pachyderma delta13C occurred in temperate waters. N. pachyderma delta13C decreased toward the southwest, reaching a minimum of -1 per mil at 37°N. Despite the variability seen in delta13C records of N. pachyderma, none of our cores show significant temporal variability in Cd/Ca. From the combined Cd/Ca and delta13C data we can see no evidence for an upwelling gyre in the eastern North Atlantic during the latest glacial maximum, nor evidence that the southern and northern oceans had significantly different levels of preformed nutrients than today.

Possible link between Hg and Cd accumulation in the brain of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)

Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Acknowledgements M. M. Lawan for his helpful discussions about Se and advice on ICP-MS. C. C. Brombach for his introduction to CV-AFS and to D. Bellis for valuable comments and reviewing the English language in the manuscript. ZG would also like to thank the College of Physical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and Chevron USA for the provided studentship. FLR and AB acknowledge Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme and Marine Scotland for the funding.

Spéciation et biodisponibilité de métaux traces (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) dans la rhizosphère de sols contaminés

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Influence des fractions hydrophobique et hydrophilique de la matière organique dissoute sur la sorption de Cd, Cu et Pb dans l'horizon B de Podzol

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Assessment of metals contamination (Cd, Pb, Ni) at the Óbidos Lagoon using Cerastoderma edule as a biomonitoring tool

A poluição marinha é um problema ambiental Mundial que afeta as constituintes bióticas e abióticas do Ecossistema. Os resultados de diversas atividades antropogénicas chegam ao meio marinho através de escorrências terrestres, industriais e agrícolas assim como através de descargas domésticas, causando distúrbios neste Ecossistema. Sendo assim, a avaliação da contaminação por metais é uma das prioridades tendo em conta que estes químicos têm comportamentos acumulativos e podem ser transportados ao longo de grandes distâncias. Nos estuários, os bivalves são componentes chaves das comunidades macrobentónicas devido o seu papel vital na comunidade e também por serem uma ótima fonte de alimentação para os seres Humanos. Na Lagoa de Óbidos, uma das espécies com estas características e intensamente apanhada é o berbigão Cerastoderma edule. Este berbigão foi descrito por vários autores como sendo tolerante a diversos poluentes. Sendo assim, no presente estudo, o principal objetivo foi utilizar C. edule como ferramenta de biomonitorização de contaminações por metais na Lagoa de Óbidos, avaliando a contaminação por Cádmio, Chumbo e Níquel durante as estações do ano de 2009 e 2010 em duas estações de amostragens (estação ML e BSB). Os resultados foram complementados com a análise de contaminações por metais em amostras de águas e sedimentos. Diversas respostas fisiológicas do berbigão foram também averiguadas de modo a perceber os efeitos da presença de metais e sua acumulação. Finalmente, avaliou-se a Dose Semanal Admissível Provisória (DSAP) para o consumo de berbigão para os mínimos e máximos de concentrações de metais detetados em cada estação de amostragem. Todos os metais foram detetados em amostras de água enquanto apenas o Pb foi detetado no sedimento. O Pb e o Ni foram detetados mais vezes na amostras biológicas do que o Cd. No entanto, as contaminações por metais Pb e Cd no berbigão foram frequentemente acima do limiar fixado pelas autoridades responsáveis enquanto o Ni se encontrou perto dos valores legislados. A avaliação da DSAP revelou a necessidade de aumentar a monitorização biológica neste berbigão visto que a dose semanal admissível foi muito baixa para os três metais. De um modo geral, C. edule refletiu as modificações ambientais, respondendo a modificações físico-químicas e contaminações por metais durante o período de estudo em ambas as estações de amostragem. Assim, este estudo permitiu concluir que Cerastoderma edule foi um bom e sensível indicador de contaminações por metais, especialmente para o Pb e preferencialmente para o Ni.

Spéciation et biodisponibilité de métaux traces (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) dans la rhizosphère de sols contaminés

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Influence des fractions hydrophobique et hydrophilique de la matière organique dissoute sur la sorption de Cd, Cu et Pb dans l'horizon B de Podzol

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Benthic (C. wuellerstorfi) d18O, d13C and Cd/Ca in sediment core NEAP 4K across the last deglaciation

We present evidence that the characteristic chemical signature (based on coupled benthic foraminiferal Cd/Ca and d13C) of Antarctic Intermediate waters (AAIW) penetrated throughout the intermediate depths of the Atlantic basin to the high-latitude North Atlantic during the abrupt cooling events of the last deglaciation: Heinrich 1 and the Younger Dryas. AAIW may play the dynamic counterpart to the "bipolar seesaw" when near-freezing salty bottom waters from the Antarctic (AABW) sluggishly ventilate the deep ocean. Our data reinforce the concept that interglacial circulation is stabilized by salinity feedbacks between salty northern sourced deep waters (NADW) and fresh southern sourced waters (AABW and AAIW). Further, the glacial ocean may be susceptible to the more finely balanced relative densities of NADW and AAIW, due to either freshwater input or a reversal of the salinity gradient, such that the ocean is poised for NADW collapse via a negative salinity feedback. The unstable climate of the glacial period and its termination may arise from the closer competition for ubiquity at intermediate depths between northern and southern sourced intermediate waters.

R-ArcticNet, A Regional Hydrographic Data Network for the Pan-Arctic Region (ISO-image of CD-ROM)

We describe the contemporary hydrography of the pan-Arctic land area draining into the Arctic Ocean, northern Bering Sea, and Hudson Bay on the basis of observational records of river discharge and computed runoff. The Regional Arctic Hydrographic Network data set, R-ArcticNET, is presented, which is based on 3754 recording stations drawn from Russian, Canadian, European, and U.S. archives. R-ArcticNET represents the single largest data compendium of observed discharge in the Arctic. Approximately 73% of the nonglaciated area of the pan-Arctic is monitored by at least one river discharge gage giving a mean gage density of 168 gages per 106 km2. Average annual runoff is 212 mm yr?1 with approximately 60% of the river discharge occurring from April to July. Gridded runoff surfaces are generated for the gaged portion of the pan-Arctic region to investigate global change signals. Siberia and Alaska showed increases in winter runoff during the 1980s relative to the 1960s and 1970s during annual and seasonal periods. These changes are consistent with observations of change in the climatology of the region. Western Canada experienced decreased spring and summer runoff.

Sr/Ca and Cd/Ca ratios of benthic foraminifera in surface deep-sea sediments

Measurements of Sr/Ca of benthic foraminifera show a linear decrease with water depth which is superimposed upon significant variability identified by analyses of individual foraminifera. New data for Cd/Ca support previous work in defining a contrast between waters shallower and deeper than ~2500 m. Measured element partition coefficients in foraminiferal calcium carbonate relative to sea water (D) have been described by means of a one-box model in which elements are extracted by Rayleigh distillation from a biomineralization reservoir that serves for calcification with a constant fractionation factor (alpha), such that D = (1 - f**alpha)/(l - f), where f is the proportion of Ca remaining after precipitation. A modification to the model recognises differences in element speciation. The model is consistent with differences between D[Sr], D[Ba], and D[Cd] in benthic but not planktonic foraminifera. Depth variations in D for Sr and Ba are consistent with the model, as are differences in depth variation of D[Cd] in calcitic and aragonitic benthic foraminifera. The shallower depth variations may reflect increasing calcification rates with increasing water depth to an optimum of about 2500 m. Observations of unusually lower DCd for some deep waters, not accompanied by similar [Sr], or D[Ba] may be because of dissolution or a calcification response to a lower carbonate saturation state.

(Table 3, Page 417) Table 3. The concentrations of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ni, Co, Ag, Mn and Fe in a soluble in 1M HCl fraction of ferromanganese nodules of Slupsk Furrow in the southern Baltic sea

The concentration of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ni, Co, Ag, Mn, Fe, Ca, Mg, K and Na in molluscs Macoma balthica, Mya arenaria, Cardium glaucum, Mytilus edulis and Astarte borealis from the southern Baltic was determined. The surface sediments and ferromanganese concretions associated with the molluscs were also analysed for concentration of these metals. Species- and region-dependent differences in the metal levels of the organisms were observed. The properties of molluscs analysed which have a tendency toward elevated biological tolerance of selected trace metals were specified. The interelement relationship between metal concentrations in the soft tissue and the shell was estimated and was discussed.

Klaus Fröhlich-Gildhoff / Stefanie Pietsch / Michael Wünsche / Maike Rönnau-Böse (Hrsg.): Zusammenarbeit mit Eltern, Ein Curriculum für die Aus- und Weiterbildung, (Materialien zur Frühpädagogik Bd. 7) plus CD, Freiburg: Verlag FEL 2011(264 S. [...] [Sammelrezension]

Sammelrezension von: 1. Klaus Fröhlich-Gildhoff / Stefanie Pietsch / Michael Wünsche / Maike Rönnau-Böse (Hrsg.): Zusammenarbeit mit Eltern, Ein Curriculum für die Aus- und Weiterbildung, (Materialien zur Frühpädagogik Bd. 7) plus CD, Freiburg: Verlag FEL 2011 (264 S.; ISBN 978-3-932650-43-3) 2. Susanne Viernickel / Iris Nentwig-Gesemann / Henriette Harms / Sandra Richter / Stefanie Schwarz: Profis für Krippen, Curriculare Bausteine für die Aus- und Weiterbildung frühpädagogischer Fachkräfte, (Materialien zur Frühpädagogik Bd. 8) plus CD, Freiburg: Verlag FEL 2011 (210 S.; ISBN 978-3-932650-44-)

CD-ROM Acrobat Journals Using Networks

The available technologies for publishing journals electronically are surveyed. They range from abstract representations, such as SGML, concerned largely with the structure of the document, to formats such as PostScript which faithfully model the layout and the appearance. The issues are discussed in the context of choosing a format for electronically publishing the journal: Electronic Publishing -- Origination, Dissemination and Design. PostScript is neither widely enough available nor standardised enough to be suitable; a bitmapped pages approach suffers from being resolution-dependent in terms of the visual quality achievable. Reasons are put forward for the final choice of Adobe s new PDF document standard for creating electronic versions of the journal.