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Assessment of Potential Nitrate Pollution Sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its Catch Mentarea Using a Multi Isotope Approach

Abstract

The aims of this study were mainly: (i) the identification and differentiation of the main anthropogenic nitrogen sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its catchment area; and (ii) the assessment of the intra-lagoonal water circulation, the morphological development of the lagoon and its anthropogenic pressure by applying a combined approach of hydrochemical, isotopic and remote sensing techniques. To achieve the aforementioned targets analyses of the stable isotope signatures of nitrate, boron, water and sulphate have been used. Moreover the residence times of groundwater were determined by the tritium-helium dating method. To characterize the chemical composition of the different water types the concentrations of the major ions and nutrients as well as the physicochemical parameters have been measured. Remote sensing techniques have been applied to assess the spatial distribution of the most superficial algal flora, water temperature as well as the key environmental and morphological changes of the lagoon since the beginning of the 1970s. (author)
Authors:
Saccon, P.; Leis, A.; [1]  Marca, A.; Kaiser, J.; Campisi, L.; [2]  Savarino, J.; Erbland, J.; [3]  Boettcher, M. E.; [4]  Eisenhauer, A.; [5]  Sueltenfuss, J. [6] 
  1. Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainability, Graz (Austria)
  2. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (United Kingdom)
  3. UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement, St.-Martin-d'Heres (France)
  4. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Geochemistry and Isotope Geochemistry Group, Marine Geology Section, Warnemuende (Germany)
  5. IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel (Germany)
  6. University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Section of Oceanography, Bremen (Germany)
Publication Date:
Jul 15, 2013
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-CN-186/134
Resource Relation:
Conference: International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies, Monaco (Monaco), 27 Mar - 1 Apr 2011; Other Information: 3 figs., 1 tab., 10 refs.; Related Information: In: Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies. Vol. I. Proceedings of an International Symposium| 547 p.
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; AGE ESTIMATION; BORON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUND WATER; HELIUM; IONS; ITALY; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POLLUTION SOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFATES; TRITIUM
OSTI ID:
22122101
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0074-1884; ISBN 978-92-0-135610-9; TRN: XA13R0858078212
Availability:
Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1580_vol1_web.pdf; Enquiries should be addressed to IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 473-481
Announcement Date:
Aug 29, 2013

Citation Formats

Saccon, P., Leis, A., Marca, A., Kaiser, J., Campisi, L., Savarino, J., Erbland, J., Boettcher, M. E., Eisenhauer, A., and Sueltenfuss, J. Assessment of Potential Nitrate Pollution Sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its Catch Mentarea Using a Multi Isotope Approach. IAEA: N. p., 2013. Web.
Saccon, P., Leis, A., Marca, A., Kaiser, J., Campisi, L., Savarino, J., Erbland, J., Boettcher, M. E., Eisenhauer, A., & Sueltenfuss, J. Assessment of Potential Nitrate Pollution Sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its Catch Mentarea Using a Multi Isotope Approach. IAEA.
Saccon, P., Leis, A., Marca, A., Kaiser, J., Campisi, L., Savarino, J., Erbland, J., Boettcher, M. E., Eisenhauer, A., and Sueltenfuss, J. 2013. "Assessment of Potential Nitrate Pollution Sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its Catch Mentarea Using a Multi Isotope Approach." IAEA.
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title = {Assessment of Potential Nitrate Pollution Sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its Catch Mentarea Using a Multi Isotope Approach}
author = {Saccon, P., Leis, A., Marca, A., Kaiser, J., Campisi, L., Savarino, J., Erbland, J., Boettcher, M. E., Eisenhauer, A., and Sueltenfuss, J.}
abstractNote = {The aims of this study were mainly: (i) the identification and differentiation of the main anthropogenic nitrogen sources in the Marano Lagoon (Italy) and its catchment area; and (ii) the assessment of the intra-lagoonal water circulation, the morphological development of the lagoon and its anthropogenic pressure by applying a combined approach of hydrochemical, isotopic and remote sensing techniques. To achieve the aforementioned targets analyses of the stable isotope signatures of nitrate, boron, water and sulphate have been used. Moreover the residence times of groundwater were determined by the tritium-helium dating method. To characterize the chemical composition of the different water types the concentrations of the major ions and nutrients as well as the physicochemical parameters have been measured. Remote sensing techniques have been applied to assess the spatial distribution of the most superficial algal flora, water temperature as well as the key environmental and morphological changes of the lagoon since the beginning of the 1970s. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2013}
month = {Jul}
}