期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 636, 期 -, 页码 787-797出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.314
关键词
Fecal sterols; Sewage contamination; Biomarkers; Stable carbon isotopes; River-estuary system
资金
- National Science Foundation of China [41773098, 41372131]
- Scientific Planning Foundation of Guangdong Province [2015A070710016]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZZD-EW-14]
- 100 talent program of Zhejiang University [188020*194231701/008, 188020-193810201/102]
Sedimentary fecal sterols and other sterol biomarkers, combined with bulk total organic carbon (TOC) and its stable carbon isotope were applied to characterize the sewage contamination across a ca. 280 km transect from the Xiaoqing River to the Laizhou Bay, a typical river-estuary system subjected to extensive anthropogenic stress due to rapid regional urbanization and industrialization in eastern China. Two sampling events were performed in both spring and summer seasons in the Laizhou Bay adjacent to the Xiaoqing River in order to assess the potential seasonal variation. Fecal sterols such as coprostanol and epicoprostanol, which are typical indicators of anthropogenic sewage input, displayed high concentrations of up to 63.2 mu g g(-1) dry weight (dw) and 13.1 mu g g(-1) dw, respectively. Results suggested that most of the stations along the Xiaoqing River were severely contaminated by fecal inputs with a decreasing trend from the river to the estuary that was mainly explained by the increasing distance from the diffuse sewage sources and the gradual dilution by sea water. Although there was no significant difference in fecal sterol concentrations between spring and summer in the Laizhou Bay, suggestive of no significant difference in sewage abundance, significantly higher average epicoprostanol,coprostanol and lower coprostanol,epicoprostanol ratios were observed in spring than summer, indicative of different sewage sources (e.g., human vs. non-human). Seasonal discharge and land-runoff, air temperature related to microbial activity differences and different extend of animal manure irrigation during agricultural planting could be additional reasons and need further investigation. Nevertheless, fecal sterol concentrations, distributions and diagnostic ratios should all be taken into consideration to better understand sewage inputs and source dynamics in river estuary ecosystems. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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