Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Chemical and Microbial Contamination in Nonurban Floodwaters
Minna Saaristo, Christopher P. Johnstone, Phoebe Lewis, Simon Sharp, Timothy Chaston, Molly Hoak, Paul Leahy, Darren Cottam, Luke Noble, John Leeder, Mark Patrick Taylor · 2024
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Description
Minna Saaristo and co-authors published a 2024 study on what floodwaters carry across farmland and countryside. During big floods, contaminants spread widely, yet samples are hard to collect in dangerous conditions. The team seized a major flood in Victoria, Australia, to test the water across a flooded landscape.
They took eighty-three samples from eighteen spots on seven rivers, spread as far as 520 kilometers apart. Sampling ran for twenty-six days. The water was screened for 778 possible contaminants, and DNA methods identified over five hundred microbe species. Eighty-five contaminants turned up. Farming chemicals matched land use patterns, while other chemicals also followed water flow. Potentially harmful microbe groups were common, including one found in over four-fifths of samples. Contaminant and microbe levels rose and shifted with rain and river height. The work argues for fast, rigorous monitoring during floods.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Minna Saaristo, Christopher P. Johnstone, Phoebe Lewis, Simon Sharp, Timothy Chaston, Molly Hoak, Paul Leahy, Darren Cottam, Luke Noble, John Leeder, Mark Patrick Taylor |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |