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1 Observació de la Terra i aplicacions en l àmbit de la salut Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya i Geològic de Catalunya Barcelona, 15 Desembre 2016 Qualitat de l aigua litoral i ús del territori Jordi Camp, Eva Flo i Esther Garcés Coastal Biological Processes Research Group

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3 N P CONTINENT SEA

4 Modification of the natural coastline and the subsequent increase in confined water areas Catalunya Harbours in Catalunya Harbours (Num) Barcelona Harbour Palamós Harbours Cambrils Beach

5 Bottom-up and top-down Trophic level Time D.Pauly, V. Christensen, J. Dalsgaard, R. Froese, F. Torres Jr. Fishing Down Marine Food Webs Science 1998: 279 (5352),

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7 Fotosíntesis CO2 + 2 H2O + Luz (CH2O) + O2 + H2O Respiración (CH2O) + O2 CO2 + H2O + Energía

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9 Composición de la materia viva C H O N P Fe Mg Si etc.

10 106 CO H 2 O + 16 NO PO 4 + Oligoelementos Kcal Luz 25 g Chl 1287 Kcal Calor O 2 + 3,4 Kg Biomasa

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12 Fotosíntesis CO2 + 2 H2O + Luz (CH2O) + O2 + H2O Respiración (CH2O) + O2 CO2 + H2O + Energía

13 Fuentes de oxígeno Oxígeno disuelto Nitrato Sulfato Hipoxia Nitrito Sulfhídrico

14 Antropización y condiciones de hipoxia Distribución global de 400 zonas muertas por eutrofización R. J. Diaz and R. Rosenberg. Science, 2008

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16 Temporal variability Coastal Zone Color Scanner NIMBUS-7, Spring Summer development of an upper mixed layer by summer solar heating Autumn Winter convective processes caused by winter cooling and strong winds

17 Nutrient supply in the photic zone P N Atlantic Black Sea P N Photic layer P N Gibraltar Sicily Flow (Tm x 10 6 x Year -1 ) Mediterranean Sea

18 Percentual nutrient supply in the photic zone of the Mediterranean Sea Atmospheric input 75% 10% 15% Continental input: river, storm, ground and waste waters Oceanic input: seasonal mixing, upwelling and Atlantic input

19 Extension Coastal waters 3% Oceanic waters 97% Inputs 15% 85% (mainly continental) (mainly oceanic and atmospheric) RATIO x5 x1 Shore Sea level Continental shelf Continental slope

20 Nearshore offshore gradient Catalan Coast 1,4 1,2 PO 4 (µm) DIN (µm) 1,0 20 0,8 15 0,6 Median 25%-75% 10%-90% n=9823 0,4 0,2 0, Inshore Nearshore Offshore Nearshore Oceanic waters 5 4 Chlorophyll-a (µg/l) Nearshore Oceanic waters Inshore Nearshore Offshore Nearshore Oceanic waters Flo E, Garcés E, Manzanera M, Camp J (2011) Coastal inshore waters in the NW Mediterranean: physicochemical and biological characterization and management implications. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 93:

21 Percentual nutrient suply in the coastal zone 25% 20% Oceanic 5% 20% 30% Runoff River Groundwater Wastewater

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23 Tendency of the nutrient inputs in the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean rivers suffer from a significant reduction in freshwater discharge (20 %, ) A similar decrease has been observed for the fluxes of dissolved silica but.what are the dynamics in the fluxes of N and P? Ludwig et al. 2009

24 Sensors OLS of DMSP NOAA

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28 COMPOSITION AND MASS LOADING RATES FOR STORMWATERS

29 Percentual nutrient suply in the coastal zone 25% 20% Oceanic 5% 20% 30% Runoff River Groundwater Wastewater

30 Nearshore Mediterranean blooms

31 FACTOR 1 N (-1) Llançà *Muga *Fluvià L'Estartit *Ter St.Feliu Mataró *Besòs Barcelona *Llobregat Tarragona *Francolí L'Ametlla *Ebre St.Carles ,74 0,48 0,22-0,04-0,3-0,56-0,82 Shore (m) FACTOR 1 R FACTOR 2 R Llançà Llançà *Muga *Fluvià L'Estartit *Ter *Muga *Fluvià L'Estartit *Ter St.Feliu St.Feliu Mataró Mataró *Besòs Barcelona *Llobregat *Besòs Barcelona *Llobregat Tarragona *Francolí L'Ametlla *Ebre St.Carles Shore (m) ,71 0,53 0,35 0,17-0,01-0,19-0,37-0,55 Tarragona *Francolí L'Ametlla *Ebre St.Carles Shore (m) ,54 1,2 0,86 0,52 0,18-0,16-0,5-0,84

32 Catalan coast as an example: dissolved nutrients and chlorophyll a... N Fluvià, Muga and Ter Rivers Chl-a (µg * L -1 ) Surfer Eva + foto + cluster? Barcelona Anthropogenic influence = P, NO 2, NH 4 Ebre River River influence= NO 3, Si Distance from the coast (m) Inshore Nearshore Offshore

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34 Bad global quality Sant Adrià de Besòs- Barceloneta (C19) Catalan Coastal Waters ( ) High global quality Cambrils-Montroig del Camp (C30) Number of samples High Moderate Good Poor Bad High Moderate Good Poor Bad Quality

35 5000 Catalan Coastal Waters ( ) High Good Moderate Number of samples % 25% 10% 4% 2% 46% 26% 14% 6% 7% 29% 25% 20% 9% 17% High Moderate Bad Good Poor Poor High Moderate Bad Good Poor Bad High Moderate Bad Good Poor Global Quality of Water Bodies % 21% 15% 7% 25% 11% 13% 15% 12% 49% High Moderate Bad Good Poor High Moderate Bad Good Poor Quality of samples

36 LAND USES SIMPLIFIED INDEX (LUSI) LUSI = (Score urban + score agricultural + score industrial + score riverine) * Correction number Low LUSI value High LUSI value Flo et al. (2011)

37 Pressure-impact relationship:lusi and Chlorophyll-a (µg/l) CHLA=0.11*LUSI+0.21 (R 2 =0.61 and p=8.18*10-5 )

38 Garcés, E. and J. Camp In Life in the Mediterranean Sea: A look at habitat changes Noga Stambler editor, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, US, pp

39 Tendency in the nearshore Catalan Coast Ammonium (µm) PO 4 (µm) Ammonium (um) Phosphate (um) r=-0.88 p< annual Means n=9823 Nitrate (um) Nitrate (µm) Chlorophyll-a (ug/l) Chlorophyll-a (µg/l)

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