Global subterranean estuaries modify groundwater nutrient loading to the ocean

Stephanie J. Wilson; Amy Moody; Tristan McKenzie; M. Bayani Cardenas; Elco Luijendijk; Audrey H. Sawyer; Alicia Wilson; Holly A. Michael; Bochao Xu; Karen L. Knee; Hyung Mi Cho; Yishai Weinstein; Adina Paytan; Nils Moosdorf; Chen Tung Aurthur Chen; Melanie Beck; Cody Lopez; Dorina Murgulet; Guebuem Kim; Mathew A. Charette; Hannelore Waska; J. Severino P. Ibánhez; Gwénaëlle Chaillou; Till Oehler; Shin ichi Onodera; Mitsuyo Saito; Valenti Rodellas; Natasha Dimova; Daniel Montiel; Henrietta Dulai; Christina Richardson; Jinzhou Du; Eric Petermann; Xiaogang Chen; Kay L. Davis; Sebastien Lamontagne; Ryo Sugimoto; Guizhi Wang; Hailong Li; Américo I. Torres; Cansu Demir; Emily Bristol; Craig T. Connolly; James W. McClelland; Brenno J. Silva; Douglas Tait; B. S.K. Kumar; R. Viswanadham; V. V.S.S. Sarma; Emmanoel Silva-Filho; Alan Shiller; Alanna Lecher; Joseph Tamborski; Henry Bokuniewicz; Carlos Rocha; Anja Reckhardt; Michael Ernst Böttcher; Shan Jiang; Thomas Stieglitz; Houégnon Géraud Vinel Gbewezoun; Céline Charbonnier; Pierre Anschutz; Laura M. Hernández-Terrones; Suresh Babu; Beata Szymczycha; Mahmood Sadat-Noori; Felipe Niencheski; Kimberly Null; Craig Tobias; Bongkeun Song; Iris C. Anderson; Isaac R. Santos

doi:10.1002/lol2.10390

Global subterranean estuaries modify groundwater nutrient loading to the ocean

Stephanie J. Wilson
, Amy Moody
, Tristan McKenzie
, M. Bayani Cardenas
, Elco Luijendijk
, Audrey H. Sawyer
, Alicia Wilson
, Holly A. Michael
, Bochao Xu
, Karen L. Knee
, Hyung Mi Cho
, Yishai Weinstein
, Adina Paytan
, Nils Moosdorf
, Chen Tung Aurthur Chen
, Melanie Beck
, Cody Lopez
, Dorina Murgulet
, Guebuem Kim
, Mathew A. Charette

Hannelore Waska, J. Severino P. Ibánhez, Gwénaëlle Chaillou, Till Oehler, Shin ichi Onodera, Mitsuyo Saito, Valenti Rodellas, Natasha Dimova, Daniel Montiel, Henrietta Dulai, Christina Richardson, Jinzhou Du, Eric Petermann, Xiaogang Chen, Kay L. Davis, Sebastien Lamontagne, Ryo Sugimoto, Guizhi Wang, Hailong Li, Américo I. Torres, Cansu Demir, Emily Bristol, Craig T. Connolly, James W. McClelland, Brenno J. Silva, Douglas Tait, B. S.K. Kumar, R. Viswanadham, V. V.S.S. Sarma, Emmanoel Silva-Filho, Alan Shiller, Alanna Lecher, Joseph Tamborski, Henry Bokuniewicz, Carlos Rocha, Anja Reckhardt, Michael Ernst Böttcher, Shan Jiang, Thomas Stieglitz, Houégnon Géraud Vinel Gbewezoun, Céline Charbonnier, Pierre Anschutz, Laura M. Hernández-Terrones, Suresh Babu, Beata Szymczycha, Mahmood Sadat-Noori, Felipe Niencheski, Kimberly Null, Craig Tobias, Bongkeun Song, Iris C. Anderson, Isaac R. Santos

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Abstract

Terrestrial groundwater travels through subterranean estuaries before reaching the sea. Groundwater-derived nutrients drive coastal water quality, primary production, and eutrophication. We determined how dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP), and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) are transformed within subterranean estuaries and estimated submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) nutrient loads compiling > 10,000 groundwater samples from 216 sites worldwide. Nutrients exhibited complex, nonconservative behavior in subterranean estuaries. Fresh groundwater DIN and DIP are usually produced, and DON is consumed during transport. Median total SGD (saline and fresh) fluxes globally were 5.4, 2.6, and 0.18 Tmol yr⁻¹ for DIN, DON, and DIP, respectively. Despite large natural variability, total SGD fluxes likely exceed global riverine nutrient export. Fresh SGD is a small source of new nutrients, but saline SGD is an important source of mostly recycled nutrients. Nutrients exported via SGD via subterranean estuaries are critical to coastal biogeochemistry and a significant nutrient source to the oceans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	411-422
Number of pages	12
Journal	Limnology and Oceanography Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10390
State	Published - 1 Aug 2024
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 14 Life Below Water

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Wilson, S. J., Moody, A., McKenzie, T., Cardenas, M. B., Luijendijk, E., Sawyer, A. H., Wilson, A., Michael, H. A., Xu, B., Knee, K. L., Cho, H. M., Weinstein, Y., Paytan, A., Moosdorf, N., Chen, C. T. A., Beck, M., Lopez, C., Murgulet, D., Kim, G., ... Santos, I. R. (2024). Global subterranean estuaries modify groundwater nutrient loading to the ocean. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 9(4), 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10390

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