Groundwater and nutrient discharge through karstic coastal springs (Castelló, Spain)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2625-2638

  Garcia Solsona, E ^a   Garcia Orellana, J ^a   Masque P ^a   Rodellas, V ^a   Mejias M ^b   Ballesteros, B ^b   Dominguez J A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RADIUM; SALINITY; SPRING WATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77956491009     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2625-2010     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Ant́on-Pacheco, C., Ballesteros, B. J., Mej́ýas, M., de Miguel, E., Gumiel, J. C., Ǵomez, J. A., and Calleja, P.: Identificacíon y cartograf́ýa de surgencias costeras en el acúýfero ḱarstico de El Maestrazgo (Castelĺon) mediante t́ecnicas de teledeteccíon aeroportada en el infrarrojo t́ermico (Identification and mapping of coastal outflows from the El Maestrazgo karstic aquifer (Castelĺon) using airborne detection systems in the thermal infrared), Bolet́ýn Geoĺogico y Minero, 118, 2007, (in Spanish).
2. Bakalowicz, M., El-Hakim, M., and El-Hajj, A.: Karst groundwater resources in the countries of Eastern Mediterranean: the example of Lebanon, Environ. Geol., 54, 597-604, 2008.
3. Ballesteros, B. J.: Estudio Hidrogeoĺogico del Maestrazgo, Castelĺon, Instituto Geoĺogico y minero de Espãna documentation center, 158 pp., 1989.
4. Basterretxea, G., Garćes, E., Jordi, A., Maśo, M., and Tintoŕe, J.: Breeze conditions as a favoring mechanism of Alexandrium taylori blooms at a Mediterranean beach, Estuar. Coast. Shelf S., 62, 1-12, 2005.
5. Basterretxea, G., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Beck, A.J., Masqúe, P., Bokuniewicz, H., Coffey, R., Duarte, C. M., Garcia-Orellana, J., Garcia-Solsona, E., Martinez-Ribes, L., and Vaquer-Sunyer, R.: Submarine groundwater discharge to the coastal environment of a Mediterranean island (Majorca, Spain): ecosystem and biogeochemical significance, Ecosystems, 13(5), 629-643, 2010.
6. Bear, J., Cheng, A., Sorek, S., Ouazar, D., and Herrera, I.: Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers - Concepts, Methods and Practices, Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
7. Boehm, A. B., Shellenbarger, G. G., and Paytan A.: Groundwater Discharge: potential Association with Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Surf Zone, Environ. Sci. Technol., 38(13), 3558-3566, 2004.
8. Bokuniewicz, H., Pollock, M., Blum, J., and Wilson, R.: Submarine Ground Water Discharge and Salt Penetration Across the Sea Floor, Ground Water, 42(7), 983-989, 2004.
9. Bonin, D. J., Bonin, M. C., and Berman, T.: Experimental evidence of nutrients limiting the production of micro-nanoplankton and ultraplankton in the coastal waters of the eastern Mediterranean ocean, Haifa, Israel. Aquat. Sci., 51(2), 129-152, 1989.
10. Borum, J.: Shallow waters and land/sea boundaries, Coast. Estuar. Stud., 52, 1-19, 1996.
11. Burnett, W. C., Bokuniewicz, H., Huettel, M., Moore, W. S., and Taniguchi, M.: Groundwater and pore water inputs to the coastal zone, Biogeochemistry, 66, 3-33, 2003.
12. Burnett, W. C., Aggarwal, P. K., Bokuniewicz, H., Cable, J. E., Charette, M. A. Kontar, E., Krupa, S., Kulkarni, K. M., Loveless, A., Moore, W. S., Oberdorfer, J. A., Oliveira, J., Ozyurt, N., Povinec, P., Privitera, A. M. G., Rajar, R., Ramessur, R. T., Scholten, J., Stieglitz, T., Taniguchi, M., and Turner, J. V.: Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge in the Coastal Zone via Multiple Methods, Sci. Total Environ., 367(2-3), 498-543, 2006.
13. Charette, M. A., Buesseler, K. O., and Andrews, J. E.: Utility of radium isotopes for evaluating the input and transport of groundwater-derived nitrogen to a Cape Cod estuary, Limnol. Oceanogr., 46, 465-470, 2001.
14. Cooper, H. H., Jr.: A hypothesis concerning the dynamic balance of freshwater and saltwater in a coastal aquifer, J. Geophys. Res., 64, 461-467, 1959.
15. Corbett, D. R., Dillon, K., Burnett, W., and Chanton, J.: Estimating the groundwater contribution into Florida Bay via natural tracers, 222Rn and CH4, Limnol. Oceanogr., 45(7), 1546-1557, 2000.
16. Diaz, F., Raimbault, P., Boudjellal, B., Garcia, N., and Moutin, T.: Early spring phosphorus limitation of primary productivity in a NWMediterranean coastal zone (Gulf of Lions), Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser., 211, 51-62, 2001.
17. Elser, J. J., Bracken, M. E. S., Cleland, E. E., Gruner, D. S., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Ngai, J. T., Seabloom, E. W., Shurin, J. B., and Smith, J. E.: Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, Ecol. Lett., 10, 1135-1142, 2007.
18. Garćes, E., Maśo, M., and Camp, J.: A recurrent and localized dinoflagellate bloom in a Mediterranean beach, J. Plankton Res., 21(12), 2373-2391, 1999.
19. Garcia-Solsona, E., Garcia-Orellana, J., Masque, P., and Dulaiova, H.: Uncertainties associated with Ra-223 and Ra-224 measurements in water via a Delayed Coincidence Counter (RaDeCC), Mar. Chem., 109(3-4), 198-219, 2008.
20. Garcia-Solsona, E., Garcia-Orellana, J., Masqúe, P., Garćes, E., Radakovitch, O., Mayer, A., Estrad́e, S., and Basterretxea, G.: An assessment of karstic submarine groundwater and associated nutrient discharge to a Mediterranean coastal area (Balearic Islands, Spain) using radium isotopes, Biogeochemistry, 97, 211- 229, 2010.
21. Giacobbe, M. G., Penna, A., Gangemi, E., Maśo, M., Garćes, E., Fraga, S., Bravo, I., Azzaro, F., and Penna, N.: Recurrent highbiomass blooms of Alexandrium taylorii (Dinophyceae), a HAB species expanding in the Mediterranean, Hydrobiologia, 580, 125-133, 2007.
22. Giblin, A. E. and Gaines, A. G.: Nitrogen inputs to a marine embayment: the importance of groundwater, Biogeochemistry, 10, 309-328, 1990.
23. Gobler, C. J. and Sãnudo-Wilhelmy, S. A.: Temporal variability of groundwater seepage and brown tide blooms in a Long Island embayment, Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser., 217, 299-309, 2001.
24. Grasshoff, K., Kremling, K., and Ehrhardt, M.: Methods of Seawater Analysis. Chapter 4: determination of nutrients, Weinheim, Germany, 1999.
25. Heiskanen, A. S., Tamminen, T., and Gundersen, K.: Impact of planktonic food web structure on nutrient retention and loss from a late summer pelagic system in the coastal northern Baltic Sea, Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser., 145(1-3), 195-208, 1996.
26. Honsell, G., Nichetto, P., Sidari, L., and Tubaro, A.: Toxic dinoflagellates in the Mediterranean Sea, Giornale Botanico Italiano, 129, 391-403, 1995.
27. Hwang, D. W., Kim, G., Lee, Y. W., and Yang, H. S.: Estimating submarine inputs of groundwater and nutrients to a coastal bay using radium isotopes, Mar. Chem., 96, 61-71, 2005a.
28. Hwang, D. W., Lee, Y. W., and Kim, G.: Large submarine groundwater discharge and benthic eutrophication in Bangdu Bay on volcanic Jeju Island, Korea, Limnol. Oceanogr., 50(5), 1393-1403, 2005b.
29. IGME: Las aguas subterŕaneas en la Comunidad Valenciana, Uso, calidad y perspectivas de utilizacíon, Coleccíon Informe, Madrid, 42-46, 1988.
30. IGME-IRYDA: Informe no 4 Hidrogeoloǵýa del Sistema no 55: Sistema Acúýfero de Javalambre y Sistema Acúýfero del Maestrazgo. Proyecto de investigacíon hidrogeoĺogica de la cuenca media y baja del J́ucar, 44-50 (Report no 4 Hydrogeology of the no 55 groundwater system: Javalambre and Maestrazgo, Aquifer Systems Hydrogeological research project of the Jucar river medium and lower basin), 1977 (in Spanish).
31. Johannes, R. E.: The ecological significance of the submarine discharge of groundwater, Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser., 3, 365-373, 1980.
32. Justic, D., Rabalais, N. N., Turner, and R. E.: Stoichiometric nutrient balance and origin of coastal eutrophication, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 30(1), 41-46, 1995.
33. Kinney, E. H. and Roman, C. T.: The response of primary producers to nutrient enrichment in a shallow estuary, Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser., 162, 89-98, 1998.
34. Knee, K. L., Street, J. H., Grossman, E. E., Boehm, A. B., and Paytan, A.: Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean from submarine groundwater discharge in a groundwater-dominated system: relation to land use (Kona coast, Hawaii, USA), Limnol. Oceanogr., 55(3), 1105-1122, 2010.
35. Kohout, F. A.: Cyclic flow of salt water in the Biscayne Aquifer of Southeastern Florida, J. Geophys. Res., 65, 2133-2141, 1960.
36. Krom, M. D., Kress, N., Brenner, S., and Gordon, L. I.: Phosphorus limitation of primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Limnol. Oceanogr., 36(3), 424-432, 1991.
37. Laroche, J., Nuzzi, R., Waters, R., Wyman, K., Falkowski, P. G., and Wallace, D. W. R.: Brown tide blooms in Long Island's coastal waters linked to interannual variability in groundwater flow, Glob. Change Biol., 3, 397-410, 1997.
38. Lee, D. R.: A device for measuring seepage flux in lakes and estuaries, Limnol. Oceanogr., 22, 140-147, 1977.
39. Mahoney, J. B.: Algal assay of relative abundance of phytoplankton nutrients in northeast United States coastal and shelf waters, Water Res., 23(5), 603-615, 1989.
40. McClelland, J.W., Valiela, I., and Michener, R. H.: Nitrogen-stable isotope signatures in estuaries food webs: a record of increasing urbanization in coastal watersheds, Limnol. Oceanogr., 42, 930-937, 1997.
41. Mej́ýas, M., Garcia-Orellana, J., Plata, J. L., Marina, M., Garcia-Solsona, E., Ballesteros, B., Masqúe, P., Ĺopez, J., and Ferńandez-Arrojo, C.: Methodology of hydrogeological characterization of deep carbonate aquifers as potential reservoirs of groundwater, Case of study: the Jurassic aquifer of El Maestrazgo (Castelĺon, Spain), Environ. Geol., 54(3), 521-536, 2008.
42. Michael, H. A., Mulligan, A. E., and Harvey, C. F.: Seasonal oscillations in water exchange between aquifers and the coastal ocean, Nature, 436(7054), 1145-1148, 2005.
43. Mijatovic, B.: The groundwater discharge in the Mediterranean karst coastal zones and freshwater tapping: set problems and adopted solutions, Case studies, Environ. Geol., 51, 737-742, 2007.
44. Moe, M. A.: The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder, Norns Publishing Company, 1st. edition, 1982.
45. Moore, W. S.: Sampling 228Ra in the deep ocean, Deep-Sea Res., 23, 647-651, 1976.
46. Moore, W. S.: Large groundwater inputs to coastal waters revealed by 226Ra enrichments, Nature 380, 612-614, 1996.
47. Moore, W. S.: Ages of continental shelf waters determined from 223Ra and 224Ra, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 117-122, 2000.
48. Moore,W.S.: Radium isotopes as tracers of submarine groundwater discharge in Sicily, Cont. Shelf Res., 26(7), 852-861, 2006a.
49. Moore, W. S.: The role of submarine groundwater discharge in coastal biogeochemistry, J. Geochem. Explor., 88, 389-393, 2006b.
50. Moore, W. S. and Arnold R.: Measurement of Ra-223 and Ra-224 in coastal waters using a delayed coincidence counter, J. Geophys. Res-Oceans 101(C1), 1321-1329, 1996.
51. Nixon, S. M. and Pilson, M. E. Q.: Nitrogen in estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems, in: Nitrogen in the Marine Environment, edited by: Carpenter E. J. and Capone, D. G., New York, Academic Press, 1983.
52. Paytan, A., Shellenbarger, G. G., Street, J. H., Gonneea, M. E., Davis, K., Young, M. B., and Moore, W. S.: Submarine groundwater discharge: an important source of new inorganic nitrogen to coral reef ecosystems, Limnol. Oceanogr., 51(1), 343-348, 2006.
53. Peterson, R. N., Burnett, W. C., Glenn, C. R., and Johnson, A. G.: Quantification of point-source groundwater discharges to the ocean from the shoreline of the Big Island, Hawaii, Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(3), 890-904, 2009.
54. Price, R. M. and Herman, J. S.: Geochemical investigation of saltwater intrusion into a coastal carbonate aquifer: Mallorca, Spain, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 103, 1270-1279, 1991.
55. Segura, M.: Relacío entre la distribucío de nutrients i ox́ýgen dissolt i la composicío elemental del fitopl̀ancton a la Mar Catalana (N - O Mar Mediterr̀ania), Ph.D. thesis, Barcelona, Institut de Cìencies del Mar, 2007.
56. Serrano, V., Roca, A., Ṕerez, A., Nieto, M., Ortiz, S., and Capilla, J.: Estudio de investigacíon de las descargas de agua subterr ́anea al mar por la Sierra de Irta (U.H. 08.07: Maestrazgo). Mancomunidad del Baix-Maestrat, Castelĺon [Research study of groundwater discharges to the sea through the Irta mountains (U.H. 08.07: Maestrazgo), Mancomunidad del Baix-Maestrat, Castelĺon. In Proceedings of the 6th Hydrogeology Symposium, Seville, Spanish Association of Underground Hydrology, 1995.
57. Sewell, P. L.: Urban groundwater as a possible nutrient source for an estuarine benthic algal bloom, Estuar. Coast. Shelf S., 15, 569-576, 1982.
58. Short, F. T. and Burdick D. M.: Quantifying eelgrass habitat loss in relation to housing development and nitrogen loading inWaquoit Bay, Massachusetts, Estuaries, 19, 730-739, 1996.
59. Slomp, C. P. and Van Cappellen, P.: Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean through submarine groundwater discharge: controls and potential impact, J. Hydrol., 295(1-4), 64-86, 2004.
60. Smith, C. G., Cable, J. E., Martin, J. B., and Roy, M.: Evaluating the source and seasonality of submarine groundwater discharge using a radon-222 pore water transport model, Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., 273(3-4), 312-322, 2008.
61. Swarzenski, P. W., Burnett, W. C., Greenwood, W. J., Herut, B., Peterson, R., Dimova, N., Shalem, Y., Yechieli, Y., and Weinstein, Y.: Combined time-series resistivity and geochemical tracer techniques to examine submarine groundwater discharge at Dor Beach, Israel, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L24405, doi:10.1029/2006GL028282, 2006.
62. Tapia Gonźalez, F. U., Herrera-Silveira, J. A., and Aguirre-Macedo, M. L.: Water quality variability and eutrophic trends in karstic tropical coastal lagoons of the Yucat́an Peninsula, Estuar. Coast. Shelf S., 76, 418-430, 2008.
63. Uchiyama, Y., Nadaoka, K., Rölke, P., Adachi, K., and Yagi, H.: Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport in a sandy beach, Water Resour. Res., 36(6), 1467-1479, 2000.
64. UNESCO: Submarine groundwater discharge, Management implications, measurements and effects, Paris, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization IHP-VI, Series on Groundwater, 5, 2004.
65. Valiela, I., Foreman, K. Lamontagne, M., Hersh, D., Costa, J., Peckol, P., Demeo-Anderson, B., D'avanzp, C., Babione, M., Sham, C., Brawley, J., and Lajtha, K.: Couplings of Watersheds and Coastal Waters: Sources and Consequences of Nutrient Enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, Estuaries, 15(4), 443-457, 1992.
66. Vila, M., Garćes, E., Maśo, M., and Camp, J.: Is the distribution of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella expanding along the NW Mediterranean coast?, Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser., 222, 73-83, 2001.
67. Young, M. B., Gonneea, M. E., Fong, D. A., Moore,W. S., Herrera-Silveira, J., and Paytan, A.: Characterizing sources of groundwater to a tropical coastal lagoon in a karstic area using radium isotopes and water chemistry, Mar. Chem., 109(3-4), 377-394, 2008.