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Article Dans Une Revue Limnology and Oceanography : methods Année : 2016

Oscillating grid mesocosm for studying oxygen dynamics under controlled unsteady turbulence

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In shallow environments, common unsteady flows, such as tides, waves or wind-driven currents modulate the diffusive boundary layer thickness that controls the exchange of electron acceptors for mineralization and oxidation processes in surficial sediment. This study demonstrated the ability of an oscillating grid meso-cosm to (1) produce homogenous turbulence at the sediment-water interface of multiple sediment cores (between-core variability < within core variability; 16% on average); (2) simulate diffusive boundary layer thickness dynamics on different timescales by easy control of turbulence intensity and (3) study transient oxygen dynamics of organic matter mineralization under varying turbulent conditions. The relationship between turbulence intensity and oxygen diffusive boundary layer thickness, and oxygen penetration depth in the sediment was investigated with different organic matter enrichments and sediment permeability. Oxygen diffusive boundary layer thickness decreased linearly as U RMS increased. Oxygen penetration depth increased with turbulence intensity, and converging to an upper limit with a larger value for low (3.28 mm 6 5.8%) than for high (1.77 mm 6 11.8%) organic matter content in muddy sediment. In sandy sediment , advective flows and resuspension led to a continuous increase of oxygen penetration depth with turbulence intensity, up to 13.2 mm 6 19% for turbulent velocities of 9.6 cm s 21
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hal-01281737 , version 1 (02-03-2016)

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Sabrina Lucas, Frédéric Moulin, Katell Guizien. Oscillating grid mesocosm for studying oxygen dynamics under controlled unsteady turbulence. Limnology and Oceanography : methods, 2016, 14 (1), pp.1-13. ⟨10.1002/lom3.10064⟩. ⟨hal-01281737⟩
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