Accumulation of Mn, Co, Zn, Rb, Cd, Sn, Ba, Sr, and Pb in the otoliths and tissues of eel (Anguilla anguilla) following long-term exposure in an estuarine environment
Aiming at increasing the resolution of otolith tracers, we investigated the possibility to use Mn, Co, Zn, Rb, Cd, Sn, Ba, Sr, and Pb otolith composition to retrieve the movements of eels (Anguilla anguilla) in the lower Gironde watershed. Caging experiments were designed to validate the site specific otolith signatures. Individually identified eels were reared in cages in three locations along the estuarine and river gradient. Three trials were set up for successive periods of 3 months and 6 months. Water Mn, Co, Zn, Rb, Cd, Sn, Ba, Sr, and Pb concentrations were monitored. The eel otolith composition corresponding to the experimental period was measured with an ICPMS coupled with a femtosecond laser. Liver Cd, Zn and Pb concentrations were measured. For each caging experiments, we tested the influence of individual weight gain, caging site and trial on elemental otolith concentrations. Mn, Co, Zn, Rb, Cd, Sn, Ba, Sr, and Pb were detected in eel otolith above the detection limits. Otolith Sr and Ba concentrations significantly discriminated the caging sites for one trial. Individual weight gain did not have a significant influence on otolith elemental concentrations. Co, Rb, Cd, Sn, Zn, Sr and Ba otolith concentrations were significantly influenced by the trials. Water elemental composition was only partly reflected by otolith elemental composition. The results showed that otolith composition had a more integrative value than water composition. Complex elemental seasonal variations and individual eel incorporation potential complicated the interpretation of otolith composition. Liver and otolith Cd and Zn concentrations did not show a statistically significant correlation.
(Science of the Total Environment. vol. 437, n° 0048-9697, pp. 323-330, 12/04/2026)
UR EPBX, IRSTEA, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, IPREM, UPPA, INC-CNRS, CNRS
Removal of micropollutants by various aerobic energy-free treatment processes
The present work details the results of a comprehensive study dealing with 127 priority and emerging micropollutants. It focused on energy-free processes that are suitable for rural areas, as they involve passive aeration supply: stabilization pond, vertical and horizontal flow constructed wetlands, trickling filter, rotating biodiscs associated or not with reed-bed filters. The research work involved powerful and sensitive analytical techniques to measure micropollutants concentrations in wastewaters in order to calculate robust removals by the 6 types of treatment and evaluate released fluxes. This work also allowed to point out the micropollutants that would require further treatment.
(pp. 4, 12/04/2026)
UR MALY, IRSTEA, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS
Pharmaceuticals in Rivers of Two Regions with Contrasted Socio-Economic Conditions: Occurrence, Accumulation, and Comparison for Ukraine and France
The goal of our study was to identify pharmaceuticals, their potential sources and consumption level in two different socioeconomic and geographical regions--Bordeaux, France and Kharkiv, Ukraine. These substances were monitored in rivers water during contrasted seasonal conditions with application of passive samplers. The 21 pharmaceuticals (psychiatric drugs: alprazolam, amitriptyline, diazepam, fluoxetine, nordiazepam, carbamazepine, bromazepam; analgesics: aspirin, paracetamol; broncholidator: clenbuterol, salbutamol, terbutaline; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug: diclofenac, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, naproxen; lipid regulator: gemfibrozil; stimulants: caffeine, theophylline) were identified in sites upstream and downstream of urban areas and discharge of wastewaters. Caffeine, carbamazepine, and diclofenac were relatively abundant into the surface water and could be considered as potential anthropogenic markers of wastewater discharges into rivers. A mass balance modeling has been applied to calculate approximate consumption rates for carbamazepine, diclofenac, and caffeine in both regions to assess socio-economic factors linked with pharmaceuticals behavior.
(Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. vol. 223, n° 0049-6979, pp. 2111-2124, 12/04/2026)
UB, Bordeaux INP, UBM, LMV, UBP, INSU - CNRS, UJM, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, LPTC, UB, CNRS, Ghymac, UB
Occurrence of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Phthalates in Freshwater Fish From the Orge River (Ile-de France)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and phthalates were investigated from July 2009 to April 2010 in three fish species from the Orge river, which flows in a densely populated area of Ile-de-France. In two Cyprinidae (roach and chub) and one Percidae (perch), muscle contents in increasing order ranged as follows: 12-18 ng g(-1) dw for PBDEs (I tri-hepta) pound, 120-170 ng g(-1) dw for PCBs (I 7) pound, and 2,250-5,125 ng g(-1) dw for phthalates (I 7) pound. No variation was observed between contaminant contents and lipid levels. No biomagnification was found according to the trophic level for PBDEs and PCBs, whereas for phthalates the highest contents were found in perch. Seasonal variations were observed with the lowest PBDE and PCB contents occurring in July after spawning in roach and perch (p < 0.001). PBDE content followed a decreasing trend-gonad > liver > muscle-whatever the period. For PCBs, gonad and liver contents remained greater than that of muscle (p < 0.05). Our results indicate a preferential accumulation of halogenated compounds in gonad and liver outside the reproduction period. Bioaccumulation factors for PCBs in muscle were significantly correlated to their chlorination degree in perch (p < 0.01) and roach (p < 0.01). In roach, that correlation slope was by decreasing importance order as follows: gonad > liver > muscle. The biota-sediment accumulation factors varied from 0.1 to 29.2, from 1.6 to 4.8, and from 1 to 123.5 for PBDEs, PCBs, and phthalates, respectively. These results contribute to document the use of freshwater fish as bioindicators of river quality.
(Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. vol. 63, n° 0090-4341, pp. 101-113, 12/04/2026)
SISYPHE, UPMC, EPHE, PSL, PSL, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS
De 20 000 à 18 000 BP en Quercy : apports de la séquence du Cuzoul de Vers à la compréhension de l'évolution des comportements socio-économiques entre Solutréen récent et Badegoulien
Essai de synthèse des travaux menés autour du gisement du Cuzoul de Vers (Lot).
(pp. 459-471, 12/04/2026)
TRACES, EHESS, UT2J, Comue de Toulouse, MCC, Inrap, CNRS, BRGM, Inrap, PACEA, UB, CNRS, LDPL, MCC, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, UL2, UCBL, CNRS, C2RMF, MCC, CNRS, ArScAn, UP1, UP8, UPN, MCC, CNRS, LSCE, UVSQ, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, DRF (CEA), CEA, GEOTRAC, LSCE, UVSQ, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, DRF (CEA), CEA
Analyse cémentochronologique des restes issus des niveaux solutréens et badegouliens du Cuzoul de Vers
(. vol. 131, pp. 269-278, 12/04/2026)
Inrap, TRACES, EHESS, UT2J, Comue de Toulouse, MCC, Inrap, CNRS, PACEA, UB, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS
The earthquake sedimentary record in the western part of the Sea of Marmara, Turkey
Abstract. The submarine part of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) is a very significant hazard for the 12 million people living in Istanbul (Turkey). An accurate seismic risk assessment necessitates paleoseismological data, which can be retrieved in the Marmara Sea by using sedimentary cores. Here, a record of turbidites was obtained in five cores, spanning the Tekirdağ Basin, the Western High and the Central Basin linked by the Tekirdağ fault segment. The turbidites are synchronous at different sites across the two basins and through the structural high pointing to shaking by earthquakes as a triggering mechanism. In particular, the M = 7.4 1912 Mürefte earthquake left a distinctive sedimentary imprint in all the studied cores. Radiocarbon dating implies a turbidite recurrence interval of about 300 yr. The low number of seismo-turbidites documented in the Central Basin compared to the Tekirdağ Basin suggests quasi-synchronous ruptures of the Tekirdağ Segment and the adjacent Central Segment of the NAF or a partial seismic slip on the Central Segment. Both scenarios have implications regarding seismic hazard. Finally, though we obtained a paleoseismological record of the ruptures along the Tekirdağ Segment, further chronological constraints are needed to better date the events and to confirm the completeness of the obtained record.
(Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. vol. 12, n° 1561-8633, pp. 1235-1254, 12/04/2026)
LGENS, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, ENS-PSL, PSL, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS
A 2500 year record of natural and anthropogenic soil erosion in South Greenland
The environmental impact of the Norse landnám in Greenland has been studied extensively. But to date, no study has quantified the soil erosion that Norse agricultural practices are believed to have caused. To resolve this problem, a high resolution sedimentary record from Lake Igaliku in South Greenland is used to quantitatively reconstruct 2500 years of soil erosion driven by climate and historical land use. An accurate chronology allows for the estimation of detritic fluxes and their uncertainties. Land clearance and the introduction of grazing livestock by the Norse around 1010 AD caused an acceleration of soil erosion up to 8 mm/century in 1180 AD which is two-fold higher than the natural pre-landnám background. From 1335 AD to the end of the Norse Eastern Settlement (in the mid-fifteenth century), the vegetation began to recover from initial disturbance and soil erosion decreased. After an initial phase of modern sheep breeding similar to the medieval one, the mechanization of agriculture in the 1980s caused an unprecedented soil erosion rate of up to 21 mm /century, five times the pre anthropogenic levels. Independently, a suite of biological and geochemical proxies (including Ti and diatom concentrations, C:N ratio, 13C and 15N of organic matter) confirm that the medieval and modern anthropogenic erosion far exceeds any natural erosion over the last 2500 years. Our findings question the veracity of the catastrophic scenario of overgrazing and land degradation considered to have been the major factor responsible for Norse settlement demise. They also shed light on the sustainability of modern practices and their consequences for the future of agriculture in Greenland.
(Quaternary Science Reviews. vol. 32, n° 0277-3791, pp. 119-130, 12/04/2026)
LCE, CNRS, UFC, UBFC, BGS, UB, CNRS, ArScAn, UP1, UP8, UPN, MCC, CNRS, UP1 UFR03, UP1, ArScAn, UP1, UP8, UPN, MCC, CNRS, ARTeHiS, MCC, UB, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, LISA (UMR_7583), INSU - CNRS, UPEC UP12, CNRS, UPCité
High resolution Holocene record in the southeastern Bay of Biscay: use of benthic and planktic foraminifera as paleoenvironmental proxies
The southeastern part of the Bay of Biscay is under the combined influence of the eastern branch of the North Atlantic Current (NAC) and coastal river plumes. The objective of this study is to use foraminiferal distribution from a 3 m high resolution record (SE Bay of Biscay; 550 m water depth) as proxies to evaluate the hydrological pattern of the Bay of Biscay during the Holocene; a period of rapid climatic change.
Faunal distributions coupled to grain size variability suggest a rapid evolution of the sedimentary structuring of the basin. Major changes are recorded in benthic and planktic foraminiferal communities suggesting important fluctuations of primary and exported productivity during the Holocene. These rapid changes could be related to variations of the oceanic hydrology of the basin and/or to the coastal rivers hydrological regimes.
(12/04/2026)
LPG-ANGERS, LPG, UA, UN UFR ST, UN, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, LSCE, UVSQ, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, DRF (CEA), CEA, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS
Short-term and small-scale variability in planktic foraminifera test flux in the Bay of Biscay
Test fluxes of planktic foraminifera in the Bay of Biscay were sampled in spring using drifting sediment traps deployed at 200 m depth. At a temporal and spatial resolution of 3 h and approximately 1 km the foraminifer flux varied with a factor of 5. The consecutive deployments within the same area, at distances of ∼50 km differed significantly in flux and relative species abundances. Flux sequences of the total foraminifer assemblage and individual species were significantly autocorrelated. The significance of autocorrelation analyses was affected by sample size of the flux sequences and limited to flux sequences with large fluxes. Autocorrelation in planktic foraminifer fluxes and standing stocks was restricted to distances <2 km, and were not attributed to the temporal domain.
(Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. vol. 64, n° 0967-0637, pp. 146 - 156, 12/04/2026)
HUJ, LPG-ANGERS, LPG, UA, UN UFR ST, UN, INSU - CNRS, CNRS, EPOC, EPHE, PSL, UB, INSU - CNRS, CNRS