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  • ...to watershed impacts is examined in relation to land-derived pollution and water quality. ...griculture: a global review. Executive summary. FAO (UN) and International Water Management Institute. </ref>:
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  • ...rganic material (phytoplankton, zooplankton, …) first takes place in the water column<ref>Middelburg, J.J., Soetaert, K., Herman, P.M.J. and Heip, C.H.R. ...itrite and ammonium ions directly into diatomic nitrogen N<sub>2</sub> and water<ref>Burgin, A. and Hamilton, S. 2007. Have we overemphasized the role of de
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  • ...sea, and not via surface streams. Groundwater is synonymous with soil pore water. In order to assess the magnitude of SGD, different investigations based on ...ichael H.A., Mulligan A.E. and Harvey C.F. (2005) Seasonal oscillations in water exchange between aquifers and the coastal ocean. ''Nature'' '''436''' 1145-
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  • ...It takes 25-35 years for all the water in the Baltic to be replenished by water from the North Sea and beyond. ...ratification]] between low-salinity surface water and the more saline deep water at a depth of about 40-70 m. This salinity barrier prevents the exchange of
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  • ...increased sedimentation and oxygen consumption, oxygen depletion in lower water layers and, sometimes, mortality of [[benthic]] animals and fish. Mitigatio *oxygen depletion in lower water layers (see [[Estuarine turbidity maximum]])
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  • Mangroves are the only trees that are capable of thriving in salt water. They form unique [[intertidal]] forests at the edge of land and sea, see F ...rtially exposed network of roots that grow down from the branches into the water and sediment. They settle where there is little [[waves|wave action]] and w
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  • .../EEC) addresses the major point sources, in particular the municipal waste water discharges. The Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) deals with the diffuse poll ===Water Framework Directive (WFD)===
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  • ...global landings of fishes in the last 50 year is from shallow to deeper water species; this resulted in the fact that the mean longevity of the fish spec ...pension include the release of nutrients held in the sediment, exposure of anoxic layers, release of contaminants, increasing biological oxygen demand, smoth
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  • ...one between the land and the sea and that are covered by salty or brackish water for part of the time. They can be considered, in some way, as the analogue ...ed sediments and sheltered locations where particles can settle out of the water column.
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  • Definition|title=Anoxic ...the water or sediment, as in the case of stagnation or stratification of a water body.
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  • | Residence time of water ...ern part. As an effect of such stratification is existence of two types of water masses – relatively light freshened surface – and heavier more salty de
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  • ...is permanently devoid of oxygen; about 87% of the Black Sea water mass is anoxic and contains high levels of hydrogen sulphide. The Black Sea houses a wide Most non-native species in the Black Sea have been introduced in [[ballast water]]s from shipping. Low species diversity combined with high habitat diversit
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  • ...l conditions. Algal blooms are a worldwide phenomenon that occurs when the water temperature is favorable and light and nutrients are sufficiently available ...layer. Vertical mixing is counteracted by density stratification, whereby water with a higher temperature and/or lower salinity floats on top of colder/sal
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  • ...e amount of sediment suspended in the water, helping to maintain the clear water conditions P. oceanica requires for growth. ...leaves trap larger grains of sand, providing a natural filter that ensures water reaching the shore is clearer and cleaner. ''P. oceanica'' meadows are exce
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  • ...nts, and are the main structures for absorbing carbon dioxide CO2 from the water column. Leaf life span in P. oceanica is almost a year with shoots living f ...nditions around the rhizosphere. Seagrasses growing in normally hypoxic or anoxic sediments are dependent on transporting sufficient O2 down to their roots t
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  • ...These bubbles ascend to the sediment water interface and possibly into the water column.]] ...</sub>) concentrations and locations where methane is transferred into the water column or atmosphere (Fig. 3).
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  • ...oils, and be flushed through rivers towards the ocean. Once deposited in [[anoxic]] soils, mercury can be transformed by bacteria to [[methylmercury]]. [[List of priority substances|Included in the water framework list of priority substances]]
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  • ...100% removal of environmental contamination can occur within 17 days. In [[anoxic]] sediments bisphenol A can be created from the degradation of [[Tetrabromo [[List of priority substances|Included in the water framework list of priority substances]]
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  • ...ed that there were less than 200 different microorganisms in a typical sea water sample. But recent advances in molecular technologies have shown that the d ===Anoxic zones===
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  • ...tself, occupies and area of approximately 1.300 km2 and the most important water system, the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta has an area of 450 km2, being by ...potranspiration of 1800 mm/a. Because of this dynamics and the movement of water and the connection with the rivers, the [[salinity]] of the Lagoon can vary
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