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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11052350
Keywords
metal(loid)s; contamination; porewaters; benthic fluxes; fish farm; Northern Adriatic
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- University of Trieste
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The study evaluated the cycling of metal(loid)s at the sediment-water interface in an active fish farm in the Grado Lagoon, Italy. The results showed that metals had low mobility in both solid and dissolved phases, posing no threat to the aquatic trophic chain.
The cycling of metal(loid)s at the sediment-water interface (SWI) was evaluated at two selected sites (VN1 and VN3) in an active fish farm in the Grado Lagoon (Northern Adriatic, Italy). In situ experiments using a transparent benthic chamber and the collection of short sediment cores were performed, to investigate the behavior of metal(loid)s in the solid (sediments) and dissolved (porewaters) phases. Total and labile concentration of metal(loid)s were also determined in sediments, to quantify their potential mobility. Comparable total concentrations were found at both sites, excluding As, Mn, Pb and V, which were higher at VN3. Metal(loid) porewater profiles showed a diagenetic sequence and a close dependence with redox (suboxic/anoxic) conditions in the surface sediments. Positive diffusive fluxes along with benthic fluxes, particularly at the more oxic site, VN1, were found for almost all metal(loid)s, indicating their tendency to migrate towards the overlying water column. Despite sediments at two sites exhibiting high total metal(loid) concentrations and moderate effluxes at the SWI, the results suggest that they are hardly remobilized from the sediments. Recycling of metal(loid)s from the SWI would not constitute a threat for the aquatic trophic chain in the fish farm.
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