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Article Dans Une Revue Marine Pollution Bulletin Année : 2023

Large chocked lagoon as a barrier for river–sea flux of dissolved pollutants: Case study of the Azov Sea and the Black Sea

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The Don River is among the largest rivers in the Eastern Europe and is heavily polluted. This river inflows into small and semi-isolated Sea of Azov, which is connected with the Black Sea by a narrow strait. Generally, the Sea of Azov is a large choked lagoon, which serves as a barrier for river-borne constituents. Using numerical modeling, we reveal that presence of the choked lagoon significantly slows down the estuary-seawater flux of dissolved pollutants and slackens its discharge-induced seasonal variability. In particular, the Sea of Azov delays the 5 % and 95 % of the total flux of riverine pollution to the Black Sea by 9 and 36 months, respectively. The obtained results are important for assessment the influence of background and emergency pollution accidents at the Don River on water quality in the study region. Moreover, these results could be applied to many other chocked lagoons in the World Ocean.
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hal-04593908 , version 1 (30-05-2024)

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Roman Sedakov, Alexander Osadchiev, Bernard Barnier, Jean-Marc Molines, Pedro Colombo. Large chocked lagoon as a barrier for river–sea flux of dissolved pollutants: Case study of the Azov Sea and the Black Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023, 187, pp.114496. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114496⟩. ⟨hal-04593908⟩
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