The inflow of 238Pu and 239+240Pu from the Vistula River catchment area to the Baltic Sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
pp. 728-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Skwarzec ◽  
Anna Jahnz-Bielawska ◽  
Dagmara I. Strumińska-Parulska
2010 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Skwarzec ◽  
Annna Jahnz-Bielawska ◽  
Alicja Borylo

AbstractIn the study, the activities of uranium


2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Buszewski ◽  
T. Buszewska ◽  
A. Chmarzyński ◽  
T. Kowalkowski ◽  
J. Kowalska ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Leonard Boszke ◽  
Artur Kowalski

Mercury fractionation in sediments of the Lower Vistula River (Poland)The Vistula is the second largest river in the Baltic Sea catchment area and provides one of the main inputs to the Baltic. The river and its tributaries flow through some of the major industrialized and urbanised regions of Poland, making it one of the most highly human-impacted rivers in Europe. Although the river status is monitored routinely, little is known about mercury forms in the sediments. This study examines mercury fractionation in the sediments of the lower part of the Vistula River. The results show that the cities along this stretch of river have a relatively low impact on both the mercury forms found in the sediment and its bioavailability in the floodplain soils. The mean concentration of total mercury in the sediments was 65 ± 14 ng g


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violetta Drozdowska ◽  
Iwona Wróbel ◽  
Piotr Markuszewski ◽  
Przemyslaw Makuch ◽  
Anna Raczkowska ◽  
...  

Abstract. The fluorescence and absorption measurements of the samples collected from a surface microlayer (SML) and a subsurface layer (SS), a depth of 1 m were studied during three research cruises in the Baltic Sea along with hydrophysical studies and meteorological observations. Several absorption (E2 : E3, S, SR) and fluorescence (fluorescence intensities at peaks: A, C, M, T, the ratio (M + T) / (A + C), HIX) indices of colored and fluorescent organic matter (CDOM and FDOM) helped to describe the changes in molecular size and weight as well as in composition of organic matter. The investigation allow to assess a decrease in the contribution of two terrestrial components (A and C) with increasing salinity (~ 1.64 % and ~ 1.89 % in SML and ~ 0.78 % and ~ 0.71 % in SS, respectively) and an increase of in-situ produced components (M and T) with salinity (~ 0.52 % and ~ 2.83 % in SML and ~ 0.98 % and ~ 1.87 % in SS, respectively). Hence, a component T reveals the biggest relative changes along the transect from the Vistula River outlet to Gdansk Deep, both in SML and SS, however an increase was higher in SML than in SS (~ 18.5 % and ~ 12.3 %, respectively). The ratio E2 : E3


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 337-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edyta Kiedrzyńska ◽  
Marcin Kiedrzyński ◽  
Magdalena Urbaniak ◽  
Artur Magnuszewski ◽  
Maciej Skłodowski ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Pastuszak ◽  
Andreas C. Bryhn ◽  
Lars Håkanson ◽  
Per Stålnacke ◽  
Mariusz Zalewski ◽  
...  

Abstract Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea is considered a major threat to its ecological status. We present and discuss Polish riverine flow normalized loads of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) discharged into the Baltic Sea in (i)1988–2014, (ii) periods of maximum TN (1992–1994), TP (1988–1991) emission, (iii) the reference period (1997–2003) established by the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), (iv) 2012–2014, last years of our study. Despite considerable nutrient load reductions prior to the HELCOM reference period, Poland is expected to reduce TN and TP loads by 30% and 66%, respectively. In the light of our historical and up-to-date findings defining ecological status of the Baltic Sea, we suggest that the proposed TP load reduction is overestimated and its realization may lead to (i) undesirable consequences for the Baltic ecosystem, (ii) would require a decline in TP concentrations to 0.067 mg P dm-3 (the Vistula River) and 0.083 mg P dm-3 (the Oder River), values reported for pre-industrial times. The current nutrient concentrations in the Vistula and Oder safely comply with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. We also comment on the top-down and bottom-up effect resulting in quantitative and qualitative reorganization of the Baltic ecosystem, a phenomenon already observed in the Baltic Sea.


Author(s):  
Aleksandr Briukhanov ◽  
Alexey Dorokhov ◽  
Ekaterina Shalavina ◽  
Alexey Trifanov ◽  
Ekaterina Vorobyeva ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Gus-Puszczewicz

Each region of Poland has a potential that should be used for economic development. The primary advantages of the Pomeranian Voivodeship include coastal location, positioning at the mouth of the Vistula River to the Gulf of Gdańsk, possessing high density of inland waterways and diversity of landscape. The area has favourable conditions for the development of, among others, ports and tourism. There are two seaports in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in Gdańsk and Gdynia. The Port of Gdansk is one of the largest ports on the Baltic Sea and the largest in Poland. The tourism sector is also dynamically advancing in the voivodeship, increasingly making use of the natural potential of the region by offering various types of sports and recreational activities. The aim of this article is to assess the condition of, and to identify, selected factors of economic development which determine the revitalization of inland waterways in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.


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