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Remediation of biochar-supported effective microorganisms and microplastics on multiple forms of nitrogenous and phosphorous in eutrophic lake
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A water-sediment mesocosm study of a eutrophic lake found that aging microplastics lowered nitrogen and phosphorus levels in the water column by stimulating microbial biofilm activity, but also increased ecological risks in sediments by mobilizing iron and sulfide. The results show that microplastics interact in complex ways with nutrient cycling and heavy metal behavior in lake systems, complicating remediation strategies for polluted water bodies.
Lots of studies on eutrophication, but there is a lack of comprehensive research on the repair of multiple forms of nitrogen and phosphorus under combined heavy metals (HMs) pollution. This work investigated the various forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water-sediment systems of eutrophic lakes with the application of biochar, Effective Microorganisms (EMs) and microplastics, aiming to deliberate the repair behavior of multiple forms of nitrogen/phosphorus and the integrated repairment of these nutrients and HMs in different remediations. For amended-groups, the application of biochar-supported EMs (BE) achieved the most desirable remediation for removing nitrogen, phosphorus and HMs in water and improved their stability in sediment due to the improved microbial activity and the developed biofilm system created by biochar. The addition of aging microplastics (MP) obviously reduced the systematic levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and HMs due to the stimulation of microbial activity and the adsorption of biofilm/EPS, but its high movability also increased the Fe(II) and S(-II) levels and the pollutants' ecological risks in sediment. The co-application of BE and MP (MBE) destroyed the ecosystem and decreased the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, while greatly removing HMs by the superfluous biofilms/EPS. The application of biochar (BC) preferentially adsorbed and degraded dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus, releasing HMs into water. From these amended-groups, it's also knew that the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus mainly came from the degradation/assimilation of NH-N, SRP and dissolved matters, particularly those molecular weight below 3 kDa; the higher removal of phosphorus than nitrogen was attributed to the coprecipitation of Fe-S-P hydroxides and the adsorption of particulates; however, the colloidal (3-100 kDa) nitrogen and phosphorus had low accessibility and bioavailability, and it also showed the competitive adsorption with colloidal HMs, causing their relatively low removal in water. This study provides insight into the comprehensive repair of nitrogen, phosphorus and HMs in various forms by biochar-immobilized microbes and the influence of microplastics on nutrients and HMs in eutrophic lakes.
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