scholarly journals Grounds for Scientific/methodic Approaches to Determination of Norms of Permissible Impacts to Offshore Sea Water Areas

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Water Exchange ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Balance Model ◽  
Domestic Waste ◽  
Diffuse Discharge ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Assimilation Capacity

Overview and analysis of contemporary scientific/methodic approaches to determination of norms of permissible adverse impacts in terms of chemical and suspended matter input to offshore sea water areas are presented. The pollutants concentration balance model correlated to the volume of sea water area under investigation with consideration of limiting conditions that provide maintaining of the marine environment normal state has been considered. Balance elements of the pollutants supplied to offshore sea water areas with industrial and domestic waste waters and with diffuse discharge, as well as pollutants input with water exchange of the calculated site with the neighboring sea range have been determined. An ecological approach to the problem of permissible impact norms based on the notions of maximal permissible ecological load, maximal permissible adverse impacts and the sea assimilation capacity has been analyzed. Grounds for the methodology of the norms determination in terms of chemical and suspended matter for certain parts of offshore sea water areas and bays with different water exchange characteristics have been provided.

SELF-PURIFICATION OF SEA COASTAL WATER AREAS UNDER CLIMATIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Mesenzeva ◽  
Irina Mesenzeva ◽  
Elena Sovga ◽  
Elena Sovga ◽  
Tatyana Khmara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Water Exchange ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Ecological State ◽  
Anthropogenic Change ◽  
Run Off ◽  
Open Sea ◽  
Sevastopol Bay ◽  
Assimilation Capacity

The ability of a bay and gulf ecosystems to self-purification was estimated and the current ecological state of the Sevastopol Bay in whole and the separated parts of the bay was given as an example. A zoning by type of anthropogenic impact subject to the water exchange with the open sea and an influence of the Chernaya River run-off were taken into account. A comparative analysis of assimilation capacity of the most environmentally disadvantaged part of the Sevastopol Bay (the Southern Bay) and the clean water area, bordering on the open sea, was carried out. The hydrodynamic regime of the Sevastopol Bay was described using numerical modelling. The prospect, opportunity and examples of the methodology for assessing the assimilation capacity of marine ecosystems are demonstrated.

scholarly journals CALCULATION OF PARAMETER VALUES TO CHARACTERIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF WORK ON THE DREDGING AND SUSPENDED MATTER DAMPING: ASSESSMENT BY MEANS OF THE SM-MODEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-134
Author(s):  
K. A. Podgorny ◽  
A. V. Leonov
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Matter ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Calculated Data ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Port Area ◽  
Suspended Matter Concentration ◽  
Kaliningrad Region ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
Parameter Values

The developed SM-model, describing the suspended matter concentrations in water environment, was used to assess the consequences of the works on dredging and dumping ground during the reconstruction and modernization of the water body area in the Pionersky Port (Kaliningrad region). The complex of recreated works includes 11 stages of the dredging works during which the various types of bottom sediments are extracted, some part of these sediments are transported outside the port water area and discharged into the marine underwater dump, while other their part are used for hydraulic engineering works in the port area. At the dredging and dumping the sediments, additional zones of water turbidity are formed (with a suspended matter concentration > 50 mg/L), its deposition causes the formation of a layer of sediments on the bottom. For each work stages, the technological data on the currents in the port water area are used for mathematical modeling and calculations of the amounts of various types of sediments extracted from the bottom, their redistribution over the sea area, the concentration of suspended matter in sea water, and the indicators (areas and volumes) of the emerging turbidity zones water due as a result of the construction works. Calculated data may be used to compile a report “Assessment of influence on the water environment state” (or AIWES) in the frame of these works.

SELF-PURIFICATION OF SEA COASTAL WATER AREAS UNDER CLIMATIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Mesenzeva ◽  
Irina Mesenzeva ◽  
Elena Sovga ◽  
Elena Sovga ◽  
Tatyana Khmara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Water Exchange ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Ecological State ◽  
Anthropogenic Change ◽  
Run Off ◽  
Open Sea ◽  
Sevastopol Bay ◽  
Assimilation Capacity

The ability of a bay and gulf ecosystems to self-purification was estimated and the current ecological state of the Sevastopol Bay in whole and the separated parts of the bay was given as an example. A zoning by type of anthropogenic impact subject to the water exchange with the open sea and an influence of the Chernaya River run-off were taken into account. A comparative analysis of assimilation capacity of the most environmentally disadvantaged part of the Sevastopol Bay (the Southern Bay) and the clean water area, bordering on the open sea, was carried out. The hydrodynamic regime of the Sevastopol Bay was described using numerical modelling. The prospect, opportunity and examples of the methodology for assessing the assimilation capacity of marine ecosystems are demonstrated.

scholarly journals Harnessing PET to track micro- and nanoplastics in vivo

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Outi Keinänen ◽  
Eric J. Dayts ◽  
Cindy Rodriguez ◽  
Samantha M. Sarrett ◽  
James M. Brennan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Nuclear Imaging ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Biodistribution Studies ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
20 Nm ◽  
Pharmacokinetic Behavior

AbstractThe proliferation of plastics in the environment continues at an alarming rate. Plastic particles have been found to be persistent and ubiquitous pollutants in a variety of environments, including sea water, fresh water, soil, and air. In light of this phenomenon, the scientific and medical communities have become increasingly wary of the dangers posed to human health by chronic exposure to microplastics (< 5 mm diameter) and nanoplastics (< 100 nm diameter). A critical component of the study of the health effects of these pollutants is the accurate determination of their pharmacokinetic behavior in vivo. Herein, we report the first use of molecular imaging to track polystyrene (PS) micro- and nanoplastic particles in mammals. To this end, we have modified PS particles of several sizes—diameters of 20 nm, 220 nm, 1 µm, and 6 µm—with the chelator desferrioxamine (DFO) and radiolabeled these DFO-bearing particles with the positron-emitting radiometal zirconium-89 (89Zr; t1/2 ~ 3.3 d). Subsequently, positron emission tomography (PET) was used to visualize the biodistribution of these radioplastics in C57BL/6J mice at 6, 12, 24, and 48 h after ingestion. The imaging data reveal that the majority of the radioplastics remain in the gastrointestinal tract and are eliminated through the feces by 48 h post-ingestion, a result reinforced by acute biodistribution studies. Ultimately, this work suggests that nuclear imaging—and PET in particular—can be a sensitive and effective tool in the urgent and rapidly growing effort to study the in vivo behavior and potential toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics.

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