期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 658, 期 -, 页码 457-473出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.075
关键词
Suspended particulate matter; Rating curves; Hydrophobic contaminants; Rhone River; Annual fluxes
资金
- Plan Rhone by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Agence de l'eau RMC
- CNR
- EDF
- regional council (Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes)
- regional council (PACA)
- regional council (Occitanie)
- Agence de l'Eau Rhone-Mediterranee-Corse
Long term and high resolution data on water discharge, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and contaminant concentrations in rivers are required for a better understanding of particulate transfers from the continental areas to the seas. The aim of this study was to provide a novel estimation of annual fluxes of SPM and related pollutants in the Rhone River from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean Sea by combining high frequency or Lime integrative monitoring and novel relations between SPM concentration (Cs) and water discharge (Q). Al six stations of the Rhone Sediment Observatory (OSR), SPM fluxes were calculated over the 2000-2016 period by combining observational data and Cs-Q relations. Monthly average concentrations of mercury (Hg) and PCB 180 were obtained by analysis of SPM samples collected in time integrative particle traps between 2011 and 2016. These pollutants were selected because of the well documented contamination of the Rhone watershed by these substances. Inter-annual fluxes at the Rhone River outlet averaged 6.6 Mt. yr(-1) for SPM, 572 kg yr(-1) for Hg and 14 kg yr(-1) for PCB 180. The Isere and Durance tributaries were found to be the main contributors of SPM fluxes. Annual SPM budgets were not balanced, suggesting deposition, remobilization of bottom sediments and/or contributions from non-monitored tributaries. The SPM sampled at the outlet was more contaminated than the combined SPM inputs from the monitored tributaries, suggesting that intermediate sources of contamination were not captured in the budget. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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