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Heavy Metals in a High Arctic Fiord and Their Introduction with the Wastewater: A Case Study of Adventfjorden-Longyearbyen System, Svalbard
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Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard archipelago, with 2400 permanent residents and approximately 150,000 tourists visiting every year. The city annually releases approximately 285,000 m3 of untreated wastewater to the nearby Adventfjorden. To date, the environmental impact of this continuous input has been studied mainly regarding the sediments and benthic fauna in the fiord. Here, we present results from a study of raw wastewater entering Adventfjorden as well as heavy metals concentrations in the water column within the fjord itself. Two surveys were carried out in summer and autumn season 2018, to establish physical and chemical properties of water at various locations. Trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Hg, As, Cd, Pb, U), total suspended solids (TSS) and total organic carbon (TOC) were measured. Our results show that Longyearbyen’s raw wastewater introduces low concentrations of heavy metals to the fiord, but due to the growing number of inhabitants and tourists, it should be monitored to avoid degradation of Adventfjorden ecosystem
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Stanisław Chmiel dr
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Magdalena Kończak dr
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Aga Nowak Dr
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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Water
no. 12,
pages 1 - 16,
ISSN: 2073-4441 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Bibliographic description:
- Kalinowska A., Szopińska M., Chmiel S., Kończak M., Polkowska Ż., Artichowicz W., Jankowska K., Nowak A., Łuczkiewicz A.: Heavy Metals in a High Arctic Fiord and Their Introduction with the Wastewater: A Case Study of Adventfjorden-Longyearbyen System, Svalbard// Water -Vol. 12,iss. 3 (2020), s.1-16
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/w12030794
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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