دورية أكاديمية
Impacts of a herring gull colony on runoff water quality from an urban green roof.
العنوان: | Impacts of a herring gull colony on runoff water quality from an urban green roof. |
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المؤلفون: | He J; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: jinjie.he@drexel.edu., Owusu-Asumeng E; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA., Zidar K; Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA., Stolper J; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA., Attri S; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA., Price JR; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA., Partridge D; New York City Audubon, New York City, NY 10010, USA., Montalto F; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA., Sales CM; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. |
المصدر: | The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Oct 10; Vol. 946, pp. 174430. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 02. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0330500 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1026 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00489697 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Total Environ Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier. |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Water Quality* , Charadriiformes* , Environmental Monitoring*, Animals ; New York City ; Water Microbiology |
مستخلص: | Green infrastructure (GI) strategies, including green roofs, have become a common, decentralized, nature-based strategy for reducing urban runoff and restoring ecosystem services to the urban environment. In this study, we examined the water quality of incident rainfall and runoff from a green roof installed on top of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Since the 2014 installation of this green roof, one of the largest in North America, a colony of nesting herring gulls grew to approximately 100 nesting pairs in 2018 and 150 nesting pairs in 2019. Water quality monitoring took place between September 2018 and October 2019. Except for phosphorus on some occasions, we found concentrations of nitrate, nitrite, chlorine, sulfate to be below federal drinking water standards. Levels of the fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), total coliform, E. coli, and Enterococcus, were consistently higher in runoff samples than rainwater, ranging from 150 to over 20,000 CFU/100 mL for E. coli and 100 to over 140,000 CFU/100 mL for total coliform. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) methods were used to search for potential opportunistic pathogens, including Legionella spp., Mycobacterium spp., Campylobacter spp., and Salmonella spp. Discovery of the presence of Catellicoccus marimammalium, a gull-associated marker in runoff water indicates that herring gulls are the likely source of contamination. Due to habitat loss, herring gulls, and other Larus gull species are increasingly nesting on urban roofs, both green (such as at the Javits Center) and conventional (such as on Rikers and Governors Islands). Habitat creation is one of the target ecosystem services desired from GI systems. Although the discharge from the green roof of the Javits Center is directed to the city's sewer system, this study demonstrates the need to treat runoff from green roofs with nesting gull populations if its intended use involves reuse or human contact. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Franco Montalto reports financial support was provided by Jacob K. Javits Center. (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Green infrastructure; Green roofs; Urban ecosystem services; Urban runoff |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240703 Date Completed: 20240720 Latest Revision: 20240720 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240720 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174430 |
PMID: | 38960163 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1879-1026 |
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DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174430 |