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Microbial and chemical quality assessment of the small rivers entering the South Baltic. Part II : Case study on the watercourses in the Puck Bay catchment area

Bączkowska Emilia, Kalinowska Agnieszka, Ronda Oskar, Bray Rafał, Płóciennik Bartosz, Polkowska Żaneta

Archives of Environmental Protection

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2022

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Vol. 48, no. 1

58--74

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Due to its location, Puck Bay is an area particularly vulnerable to pollution of anthropogenic origin. The aim of the study was to assess the water quality of small watercourses entering the inner part of Puck Bay. The paper presents the results of chemical and microbiological analyses of 10 rivers and canals at their estuaries located on the western shore of the internal Puck Bay. The following environmental parameters were analyzed: conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen concentration (in situ measurements), COD (cuvette tests), concentrations of ions (ion chromatography). Microbiological analysis included assessment of sanitary condition based on the number of fecal coliforms by a cultivation method. The determination of basic microbiological parameters such as: prokaryotic cell abundance expressed as total cells number (TCN), prokaryotic cell biovolume expressed as average cell volume (ACV), the prokaryotic biomass (PB) and prokaryotic cell morphotype diversity were determined using epifluorescence microscopy method. Based on the obtained results, it was found that small watercourses may carry a notable load of anthropogenic pollution and thus affect the environment of Puck Bay. The results clearly indicate the need for quality monitoring in the rivers and canals in the Coastal Landscape Park, flowing into Puck Bay. The research showed that also smaller watercourses may have an impact on the coastal waters’ state, and thus on the Baltic Sea water quality.

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Zatoka Pucka, ze względu na swoje położenie, jest obszarem szczególnie narażonym na zanieczyszczenia pochodzenia antropogenicznego. Celem pracy była ocena jakości wód małych cieków wodnych uchodzących do wewnętrznej części Zatoki Puckiej. W pracy przedstawiono wyniki analiz chemicznych i mikrobiologicznych 10 rzek i kanałów w ujściach zlokalizowanych na zachodnim brzegu wewnętrznej Zatoki Puckiej. Analizie poddano następujące parametry środowiskowe: przewodność, pH, stężenie tlenu rozpuszczonego (pomiary in situ), ChZT (testy kuwetowe), stężenie jonów (chromatografia jonowa). Analiza mikrobiologiczna obejmowała ocenę stanu sanitarnego na podstawie liczby bakterii grupy coli typu kałowego metodą hodowlaną. Oznaczenia parametrów mikrobiologicznych takich jak: liczebność komórek prokariotycznych, średnia objętość komórek, biomasa oraz zróżnicowanie morfotypowe komórek prokariotycznych określono metodą mikroskopii epifluorescencyjnej. Na podstawie uzyskanych wyników stwierdzono, że małe cieki mogą przenosić znaczny ładunek zanieczyszczeń antropogenicznych i tym samym wpływać na środowisko Zatoki Puckiej. Uzyskane wyniki jednoznacznie wskazują na potrzebę prowadzenia monitoringu jakości rzek i kanałów w Nadmorskim Parku Krajobrazowym uchodzących do Zatoki Puckiej. Z badań wynika, że również mniejsze cieki mogą mieć wpływ na stan wód przybrzeżnych, a tym samym na jakość wód Morza Bałtyckiego.

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Ecosystem of the Polish part of the Vistula Lagoon from the perspective of alternative stable states concept, with implications for management issues

Kornijów R.

Oceanologia

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2018

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No. 60 (3)

390--404

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The alternative stable states concept finds broad application in reference to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. For some reason, attempts to implement the concept to explain processes observed in estuaries and Baltic lagoons are very rare. Based on information included in publications issued over the last 60 years, three co-existing states were designated within the strongly elongated basin the Vistula Lagoon, namely: phytoplankton-dominated (Middle Basin), macrophyte-dominated (Elbląg Bay), and transition state balancing between the two former ones (West Basin). Regions of the lagoon representing such states are similar in terms of nutrient concentrations, but they considerably differ in terms of: exposure to wind and wave action, salinity, anthropogenic impact, and multi-level top-down regulations. The paper discusses the role of such drivers, responsible for both the maintenance of a given state, and the past transition into the present alternative state. Moreover, it presents chances for the improvement of the situation, as well as threats which can undermine them.

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The dune coast : the state just prior to the construction of hard engineering protection structures (Ustka-Jarosławiec, the Southern Baltic)

Sitkiewicz P., Wróblewski R., Rudowski S.

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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2015

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Vol. 44, No. 3

352--361

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The state of a fragment of the southern Baltic Sea shore was assessed on the basis of historical maps, aerial images, the digital elevation model and the data on the geological structure of the nearshore bottom. The alternate erosion and accumulation sections of the coast were observed. They are moving toward the east related to the migration of mega beach cusps. The infrastructure of the military training ground located in the western part of the study area is threatened with abrasion. In 1889-2012, the nearby seashore retreated by an average of 257±11.5 m. The recorded average rate of changes for the period of 1989-2012 was -2.6±0.22 m year-1. In the eastern part of the study area, at the bottom of the nearshore, a thick layer of sand determines the development of new accumulation sections of the coast. The state of the seashore, recognized in this paper, will change due to the construction of four concrete sea-walls. Their operation will disrupt the natural processes described in these studies.