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- Eriksson Hägg, Hanna, 1975-
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Nitrogen land-sea fluxes in the Baltic Sea catchment : Empirical relationships and budgets
- 2010
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this thesis empirical relationships and modeling tools are used to describe the relationship between human activities and meso- and large scale riverine N fluxes from land to sea. On a large scale Paper I showed that by only having knowledge about human population size and runoff one can estimate the riverine export of DIN (r2= 0.76). In Paper II we included two other important anthropogenic N inputs, i.e. atmospheric deposition and primary emission (PE) from animals. In most of the catchments the PE from animals were larger than the PE from humans. Hence, development of livestock is important and increased animal protein consumption by humans might increase the riverine N export. Scenario analysis (Paper II) show that climate change is expected to both decrease and increase the riverine N export depending on which part of the catchment is modeled. In the southern and eastern parts of the Baltic Sea catchment there is large potential for N reductions from point sources (Papers III & V). The diffuse sources are more difficult to decrease and a reduction of mineral fertilizer does not always lead to reduced N loadings because the agricultural systems can buffer even a slight surplus (Paper III). There is inertia in the catchments which can be seen in for example in the northern part of the catchment. Here atmospheric N deposition is almost as high as in the southern part but the nitrogen flux from these rivers is not elevated. These northern river catchments have N exports of the same magnitude as the natural background (Paper IV), indicating that the atmospheric N deposition is retained in the system and probably taken up by N limited boreal forests. However, important reductions can be achieved in the agricultural sector by detailed management of the planted land and animal manure. The highest sensitivity is in catchments with high animal density and high specific discharge, primarily draining to Kattegat and Danish Straits (Paper II & IV).
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- Fischer, Sandra
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Waterborne pollution from mining in cold climates : Potential catchment-scale immobilization of substances by microbial sulfate reduction (MSR)
- 2022
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Waterborne pollution from mining is impacting groundwater and surface water resources in many regions of the world. Main problems include acidification and high levels of dissolved toxic metals that adversely affect humans and ecosystems. Over the past millennium, mineral extraction has left behind vast amounts of waste rock, tailings and exposed rocks across landscapes that, in contact with air and water, risk generating acid mine drainage (AMD). In comparison with large-scale mining sites, the impacts of the numerous abandoned small-scale mines have received limited attention in the scientific literature, in particular in the Arctic region. Furthermore, whereas the immobilization and retardation of toxic substances through sorption and (chemical) precipitation have been relatively well investigated, less is known about the potential impact of microbial processes on the large-scale transport and retardation of AMD. Main objectives of this thesis are to improve the understanding of contributions from abandoned small mines to the waterborne mining pollution, and to determine how the spreading of AMD via ground- and surface water may be mitigated on catchment scales by microbial sulfate reduction (MSR), which is a process that transforms sulfate into sulfide and facilitates metal precipitation from the aqueous solution. Multiple field measurement campaigns were conducted in Arctic Fennoscandia to evaluate the water quality downstream of mining sites, and a data-driven sulfur isotopic fractionation and mixing scheme was developed to quantify field-scale MSR. Results showed that small abandoned mines could contribute disproportionately to downstream water pollution, as compared with larger mines. Copper mass flows in a stream passing the abandoned Nautanen mines (northern Sweden) was for instance found to be 450 kg/year one century after mine closure. Furthermore, across five study areas (both mining-impacted and reference catchments) spanning geographically from southern Sweden to the Kola Peninsula (Russia), MSR was quantified as the percent reduction in sulfate concentration, showing within-catchment MSR magnitudes of 0 to 79%, between-catchment magnitudes of 2 to 28%, and a catchment-average of 13%. The overall magnitude of catchment-scale MSR was found to correspond relatively well with the presence of landscape elements that provided favorable conditions for sulfate-reducing microorganisms (SRM), such as forest providing organic material and wetland/lakes providing anoxic conditions which are both needed for the SRM. MSR has previously been neglected in freshwater systems due to assumed unsuitable conditions, however the results from this thesis have shown, for the first time, that MSR can in fact be wide-spread across landscapes. This opens the possibility of utilizing MSR as a nature-based solution for AMD by further enhancing favorable conditions for SRM. Moreover, MSR has not been accounted for in quantifications of large-scale pyrite weathering, which in presence of wide-spread MSR may be underestimated. This can have consequences for the global sulfur cycle as well as the carbon cycle, e.g., since pyrite weathering contributes with CO2-releases to the ocean-atmosphere system.
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- Gdaniec, Sandra, 1988-
(författare)
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231Pa, 230Th and 232Th as tracers of deep water circulation and particle transport : Insights from the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The naturally occurring U and Th-series radionuclides have shown to have a considerable importance for the understanding of biogeochemical processes on Earth and in the ocean. In this thesis, the isotopes 230-thorium (230Th), 232-thorium (232Th) and 231-protactinium (231Pa) are used as tracers of the transport and scavenging of marine particles and water circulation. Pa and Th are particle reactive elements, which makes the production, transport and distribution of Pa and Th key factors for our understanding of the origin, fate and distribution of marine particles in the oceans. This thesis explores the distribution of 231Pa, 230Th and 232Th in two different ocean continental margin environments. In particular, the relative influence of water circulation and particles on the 231Pa, 230Th and 232Th distributions in the Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea was investigated. 231Pa, 230Th and 232Th were analyzed in particles and seawater collected in the Mediterranean Sea during the MedSeA-GA04-S cruise along the GEOTRACES section GA04S and in the Arctic Ocean during the PS94 GN04 ARK-XXIX/3 along the GEOTRACES section GN04.One of the important findings of this thesis was the low fractionation between 231Pa and 230Th in the Mediterranean Sea, contrasting what is observed in the open ocean. Additionally, the observed depth profiles of Pa-Th allowed the identification of deep water convection and ventilation in the Western and Eastern Basins, respectively. Moreover, the particle settling speed was reevaluated to ~500 – 1000 m/y.In the Arctic Ocean, scavenging onto particles derived from hydrothermal activity was producing relatively low F-factors (FTh/Pa ~ 10), while higher values were observed in deep waters (FTh/Pa ~ 20). Additionally, the hydrothermal particles in the Nansen interior produce lower FTh/Pa values compared to FTh/Pa observed at the Nansen continental margin. Application of a boundary scavenging model revealed the importance of 230Th scavenging at the continental margin along the Nansen Basin, hereafter the Nansen margin, and advocate for the advection of 231Pa into the Atlantic Ocean. As the ocean margin was included in this model, a particle settling speed of 600 m/y was obtained at the Nansen margin.Moreover, this thesis includes an inter-comparison of dissolved and particulate 231Pa, 230Th and 232Th measurements between four laboratories of the GEOTRACES community. This comparison was conducted to provide detailed descriptions of various chemical procedures used for Pa-Th analysis and to provide a measure of consistency between the laboratories. Results demonstrated that participating labs can determine concentrations of dissolved 230Th and 231Pa in deep water (below 500 m depth) that are internally consistent within 4 % of the mean values. Analysis of particulate 231Pa, 230Th and 232Th allowed the highlighting of an incomplete Pa dissolution problem with our initial leaching procedure, a problem solved by measuring aliquots of particulate samples at two labs. However, in the present work, consistent particulate 231Pa concentrations as low as ~ 0.002 fg/kg were obtained. Overall, it suggests an improvement of the results consistency compared to the previous GEOTRACES intercalibration exercise.
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- Kutscher, Liselott, 1976-
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Export and sources of organic carbon in the Lena River basin, Northeastern Siberia
- 2016
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Permafrost areas are considered to be one of the largest terrestrial storages of carbon. In a warming climate these areas are expected to experience changes in carbon transport to rivers and the oceans due to permafrost thawing, which could enhance erosion, change water flow pathways and increase greenhouse gas emissions. Large amounts of the carbon transported from the terrestrial environment to rivers are in the form of natural organic matter (NOM). The Lena River basin in northeastern Siberia, which is mainly underlain by continuous permafrost, is the largest contributor of NOM to the Arctic Ocean. In this study we present a spatial data set of NOM, including concentrations and stable carbon isotope values (δ13C) of dissolved (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) as well as carbon and nitrogen ratios (C/N) from 77 sample stations in the Lena River and its tributaries. The samples were collected during two field seasons in July 2012 and June 2013.The results from this study showed large spatial variations in concentrations, annual export and fluxes of organic carbon. These variations were primarily due to variations in discharge and topography. The δ13C and C/N indicated that terrestrial sources such as plants and soil organic matter (SOM), were the main sources of the dissolved organic matter (DOM), while particulate organic matter (POM) was mainly derived from aquatic produced material or SOM. There were clear differences in δ13C and C/N of DOM between sampling years, indicating more surficial flow pathways in samples collected earlier in the summer compared to samples collected later in the summer. The δ13C of POM was correlated with water temperatures and topography, showing that tributaries with origin in mountainous areas in general had soil derived POM and lower water temperatures, while tributaries from lowland areas had higher water temperatures and more influence of aquatic sources. We suggest that this pattern is probably due to differences in water flow pathways. Shifts in export of NOM from drainage areas underlain by permafrost will likely be dependent of spatial changes in hydroclimate and the depth of the active layer in a warming climate.
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- Sjöström, Jenny, 1978-
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Mid-Holocene mineral dust deposition in raised bogs in southern Sweden : Processes and links
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Atmospheric mineral dust is a key component of the climate system, which affects insolation, brings nutrients to marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and acts as a cloud condensation nuclei. To reconstruct past patterns in terrestrial dust deposition natural archives may be utilized, such as loess, dunes, lakes, and peat bogs. Bogs became an established dust archive in the early 2000s, and the number of studies has since increased. However, most studies use single records to represent dust deposition, meaning that we have limited understanding of regional paleodust dynamics or about the representativeness of single bog records. This thesis aims to address these uncertainties by comparing paleodust deposition between bogs located on a 65 km transect. The thesis includes a methodological development for organic matter removal from peat samples for XRD mineral analysis (Paper I) and two peat paleodust reconstruction studies (Paper II, III). The first paleodust reconstruction from Draftinge Mosse (mosse translates to bog in English), Småland, showed that four dust events (DE) were recorded during the ombrotrophic stage (Paper II). These results were compared to a previously conducted study on Store Mosse, 20 km northeast of Draftinge Mosse, which showed similar patterns in DE and peat accumulation rate (PAR), indicating that the events were at least regional in character. However, the magnitude of the DE differed, which was related to differences in the sizes of the two bogs. The second paleodust reconstruction, from (Davidsmosse) located c. 25 km from the west coast, recorded many more DE (14) compared to the more inland sites (Paper III). Two longer periods saw numerous DE, dominated by coarse particles: between 2800 and 2130 cal BP, and from 1000 towards 490 cal BP. These two periods occurred during regionally cold periods. Human activities also intensified during the latter period, possibly amplifying the DE. Most of these episodic events were not recorded at the inland sites, and the Davidsmosse record seemed to be more in line with previously constructed coastal paleostorm records. That the bog located closer to the coast recorded many more events compared to the inland sites suggests that the location of a bog will influence the aeolian events recorded. However, the DE observed at the inland sites were also recorded at Davidsmosse, indicating that the inland events might represent winds that were sustained over longer distance, or alternatively, that regionally dry conditions prevailed during these periods. The paleostorm records from south-western Sweden, including the new results from Davidsmosse presented here, suggest that storm intensities have varied during the last 3000 years, with increased storminess frequency coupled to colder episodes related to extended sea ice and a southward shift of storm tracks. When comparing DE and PAR at both sites studied here, a recurring pattern of increased accumulation rates were observed during a majority of DE, supporting the suggestion of previous studies that dust deposition may affect peat growth, and thus also peat carbon sequestration.Combining elemental data with XRD mineral analysis enabled anchoring of elemental inferences with mineral observations, allowed identification of authigenic minerals, and aided in source tracing. Despite the fact that local factors affect mineral deposition and PAR, this work has outlined some of the possible mechanisms behind these observations (e.g. distance to the coast, or bog size difference) which may be important for future peat paleodust studies to consider. For example, future studies should include grain size analysis (down-core, as well as across a bog surface); pollen analysis to further elaborate on human activities and vegetation cover; and further investigate differences in mass accumulation rates between bogs.
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- Tollefsen, Elin, 1960-
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Experimental, petrological and geochemical investigations of ikaite (CaCO3·6H2O) formation in marine environments
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Carbonates are a group of minerals that play an essential role in several processes on planet Earth, for example in the global carbon cycle and as a product of biomineralisation. Calcite (CaCO3) is by far the most common mineral in the carbonate group, and the stable form of carbonate at Earth surface conditions. However, calcite growth is often kinetically limited and polymorphs of calcite or hydrous calcium carbonates will form instead under certain circumstances. In this thesis, I investigate a hydrous form of calcium carbonate, ikaite (CaCO3 · 6H2O), which occasionally forms under conditions where normally calcite formation would be expected.Ikaite is metastable at surface conditions and has only been observed in nature at temperatures below 7°C. In Ikka Fjord, southwest Greenland, several hundred ikaite columns occur at the bottom of the fjord. Previous studies in Ikka Fjord have shown that ikaite columns are forming above submarine springs that are extremely sodium carbonate rich (pH ~10.5). An association with the surrounding igneous rocks, which comprise nepheline syenite and carbonatite, has been suggested. In the first part of this thesis, I investigate this association. A petrographic study of rocks samples from the igneous complex showed that the combined alteration of the minerals siderite and nepheline could explain the composition of the submarine spring water, and thereby the unique formation of ikaite columns at this site.It is from the mixture of sodium carbonate spring water and seawater that ikaite precipitates in Ikka Fjord, despite the fact that all other calcium carbonates are supersaturated in this mixture. Why ikaite precipitates and not the other forms of calcium carbonate was investigated by a series of experiments in the second and third parts of this thesis. Previous studies have suggested that ikaite was favoured by the low temperature in the fjord (<7°C) and the presence of phosphate (95- 263 μmol/kg) in the submarine spring water, which is known to inhibit calcite growth even at only trace concentrations. In the second part of this thesis, we simulated Ikka Fjord conditions in laboratory and showed that ikaite precipitation is not controlled by the presence of phosphate in the mixture. Instead, after a second series of experiments I found that it is the presence Mg in seawater that inhibits calcite growth and therefore favour ikaite precipitation.Ikaite is metastable and at temperatures above 7°C the mineral will transform or decompose to calcite and water. The transformation can occur pseudomorphically and pseudomorphs after ikaite have been found worldwide in the sediment record. Pseudomorphs after authigenic ikaite in sediments are named glendonite, and because of the narrow temperature range of ikaite observations in nature, glendonite has been used as a paleotemperature indicator. In the fourth part of this thesis, I explore the temperature range of ikaite nucleation by a series of experiments and found that ikaite nucleation can occur up to at least 35°C. This challenges the use of glendonite as a paleotemperature indicator.
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- Hirst, Catherine, 1989-
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Iron in the Lena River basin, NE Russia : Insights from microscopy, spectroscopy and isotope analysis
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Iron is an important mediator of biotic and abiotic processes on the Earth’s surface, being an electron acceptor in organic matter degradation, a surface for organic matter and trace element adsorption, and a required element for enzymatic processes during primary production. Yet, the role of iron as a mediator of carbon and trace element cycling in high latitude, permafrost-dominated regions remains poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to characterise the chemical reactivity (by size separation, microscopy and spectroscopy) and sources (by isotope composition) of Fe in the Lena River and major tributaries, spanning a wide range in lithology, topography and climate. The Fe transported in the Lena River and major tributaries carries an integrated signal of Fe weathering processes across the permafrost-dominated terrain.A spatial sample set was collected during the post-spring flood period (July 2012, June 2013), from the main channel and tributaries draining contrasting topography and permafrost extent. Across the basin, Fe is mainly transported as chemically reactive ferrihydrite that spans the particulate (> 0.22 µm) and colloidal (0.22 µm – 1 kDa) fractions. The remaining Fe transported as poorly reactive detrital Fe in clays and crystalline oxides. Fe is transported in larger size fractions than the dissolved OM showing that Fe is not a major carrier of DOM. Nano-sized ferrihydrite was attached to OM in the particulate fraction, evidence of a Fe – OM particle association in the Lena River basin.Ferrihydrite shows distinct isotope values in particulate and colloidal fractions, showing that there is a difference in isotopic composition between different size fractions of the same mineral. A conceptual model was developed to understand ferrihydrite formation in the riparian zone of the Lena River and tributaries. Particulate ferrihydrite has isotope values lower than crustal values resulting from redox and organic-ligand promoted mineral dissolution and precipitation of Fe(II)aq to form coatings of ferrihydrite on particles in the riparian zone. Ferrihydrite colloids span a wider range of isotope values, higher than Fe particles, resulting from variations in the size and isotope composition of the Fe(II)aq pool transported in soil groundwaters, and the isotope fractionation factor for Fe oxidation and organic complexation.A temporal sample set was collected in the main channel between September 2012 – March 2013 and every three days during May 2015. The colloidal Fe shows distinct seasonal Fe isotope signatures and Fe fluxes, with isotope values lower than crustal during winter baseflow, overlying crustal values during spring flood and higher than crustal values during summer, attributed to changing sources and thus conditions for isotope fractionation. The combined understanding of Fe reactivity and isotope composition allows us to isolate the dominant sources of Fe entering the Lena River.
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- Sun, Xiaole, 1983-
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Isotope-based reconstruction of the biogeochemical Si cycle : Implications for climate change and human perturbation
- 2012
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The global silicon (Si) cycle is of fundamental importance for the global carbon cycle. Diatom growth in the oceans is a major sequestration pathway for carbon on a global scale (often referred to as the biological pump). Patterns of diatoms preserved in marine sediment records can reveal both natural and anthropogenic driven environmental change, which can be used to understand silicon dynamics and climate change. Si isotopes have been shown to have great potential in order to understand the Si cycle by revealing both past and present patterns of dissolved Si (DSi) utilization, primarily when diatoms form their siliceous frustules (noted as biogenic silica, BSi). However, studies using Si isotopes are still scarce and only a few studies exist where stable Si isotopes are used to investigate the biogeochemical Si cycle in aquatic systems. Therefore, this thesis focuses on developing analytical methods for studying BSi and DSi and also provides tools to understand the observed Si isotope distribution, which may help to understand impacts of climate change and human perturbations on marine ecosystems. The Baltic Sea, one of the biggest estuarine systems in the world, was chosen as the study site. BSi samples from a sediment core in Bothnian Bay, the most northern tip of the Baltic Sea, and diatom samples from the Oder River, draining into the southern Baltic Sea were measured and reported in Paper II and III, after establishing a method for Si isotope measurements (Paper I). Si isotope fractionation during diatom production and dissolution was also investigated in a laboratory-controlled experiment (Paper IV) to validate the observations from the field. The major result is that Si isotope signatures in BSi can be used as an historical archive for diatom growth and also related to changes in climate variables. There is isotopic evidence that the Si cycle has been significantly altered in the Baltic Sea catchment by human activities.
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- Alling, Vanja, 1978-
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Terrestrial organic carbon dynamics in Arctic coastal areas : budgets and multiple stable isotope approaches
- 2010
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Arctic rivers transport 31-42 Tg organic carbon (OC) each year to the Arctic Ocean, which is equal to 10% of the global riverine OC discharge. Since the Arctic Ocean only holds approximately 1% of the global ocean volume, the influence of terrestrially derived organic carbon (OCter) in the Arctic Ocean is relatively high. Despite the global importance of this region the behavior of the, by far largest fraction of the OCter, the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in Arctic and sub-arctic estuaries is still a matter of debate. This thesis describes data originating from field cruises in Arctic and sub-arctic estuaries and coastal areas with the aim to improve the understanding of the fate of OCter in these areas, with specific focus on DOC. All presented studies indicate that DOCter and terrestrially derived particulate organic carbon (POCter) are subjected to substantial degradation in high-latitude estuaries, as shown by the non-conservative behavior of DOC in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf Seas (ESAS) (paper I) and the even more rapid degradation of POC in the same region (paper II). The removals of OCter in Arctic shelf seas were further supported by multiple isotope studies (paper III and IV), which showed that a use of 13C/12C in both OC and DIC, together with 34S/32S is a powerful tool to describe the sources and fate of OCter in estuaries and coastal seas. High-latitude estuaries play a key role in the coupling between terrestrial and marine carbon pools. In contrast to the general perception, this thesis shows that they are not only transportation areas for DOCter from rivers to the ocean, but are also active sites for transformation, degradation and sedimentation of DOCter, as well as for POCter. In a rapidly changing climate, the importance of these areas for the coupling between inorganic and organic carbon pools cannot be underestimated.
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- Bauer, Susanne
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Dissolved and suspended transport of tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium in natural waters
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Some transition metals and metalloids occur primarily as oxyanions in natural waters including antimony, arsenic, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium. These oxyanions can pass through cell walls along the same pathways as phosphate or sulfate. Some of these oxyanions are essential for life, but in high concentrations they become all toxic. Recent studies showed that tungsten probably is posing a risk to human health. The growing use of tungsten in industrial and military applications probably leads to an increased release of tungsten to the environment. It has also been shown that the use of studded winter tires in Sweden significantly increases tungsten concentrations in road runoff. Still, little is known about the geochemical cycling of tungsten in the environment as it has been considered to be a more or less inert element. Only a few studies deal with tungsten in natural waters. For example, for the Baltic Sea no concentration data have been published before this work and data on the suspended particulate fraction of tungsten in terrestrial and marine waters are scarce.This thesis contributes to the understanding of the distribution and behavior of tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium in natural waters under changing redox conditions, varying pH and different seasons. Particular attention is paid to the suspended particulate fraction of these elements, which is often neglected even though it can be of great importance. Tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium primarily occur as oxyanions in solution and can be adsorbed to particles, which determines their mobility.Molybdenum usually is very mobile, while vanadium has a tendency to adsorb to iron oxyhydroxides or to form organic complexes. Tungsten has many similarities with molybdenum, but it seems to be less mobile than molybdenum in natural waters.Tungsten and molybdenum have a similar abundance in the upper continental crust, but in the ocean molybdenum is almost 2000 times more abundant. A strong fractionation of these two elements occurs from land to the ocean, indicating a removal of W during mixing of river and seawater.This study comprises data from small streams in the boreal landscape of northern Sweden, major rivers (Kalix River and Råne River) and their estuaries discharging into the Baltic Sea. In the marine environment, sediment cores from the Bothnian Bay and water profiles at the stratified Landsort Deep have been studied. Apart from the spatial distribution, the temporal behavior of tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium in was investigated. In the boreal environment snowmelt is playing a major role for their transport.All water samples were filtered through 0.22 pore size filters to define dissolved and suspended particulate fractions. The particulate fraction of all studied elements increases from streams to rivers. Especially during spring flood, particle transport becomes even more important. About 80% tungsten, 70% vanadium and 30% molybdenum occur in the particulate fraction during this event. During estuarine mixing, tungsten and molybdenum are released from the particles again. However, vanadium seems to be removed in both fractions, probably due to a different adsorption behavior. In the dissolved fraction molybdenum increased and vanadium decreased from land to the sea, while tungsten showed small variation in all surface waters.All three elements are affected by manganese redox cycling at the transition zone between oxic and sulfidic water at the Landsort Deep in the Baltic Sea. Adsorption of these oxyanions to the freshly formed manganese oxides plays an important role for their transport to the sulfidic zone. In contrast to molybdenum, dissolved tungsten is accumulated in the sulfidic environment. There is no effective removal mechanisms like for molybdenum, which is adsorbed to sulfides. Also in the sediment, redox cycling of manganese and iron affects the distribution of tungsten and molybdenum close to the water-sediment interface.
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