Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage
Open-pit mines can cause environmental changes, such as alterations of landscape structure, hydrology, air quality, and river sediments; they can also generate cones of depression. We propose a new method for surveys of mine waters using the example of an open-pit mine in central Poland. This study...
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| author | Ryszard Staniszewski Dorota Cais-Sokolińska Łukasz K. Kaczyński Paulina Bielska |
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| description | Open-pit mines can cause environmental changes, such as alterations of landscape structure, hydrology, air quality, and river sediments; they can also generate cones of depression. We propose a new method for surveys of mine waters using the example of an open-pit mine in central Poland. This study examines the correlations between bioluminescence and the color of brown coal mine waters and tests whether values of the three-color coordinate system reflected the physicochemical quality of mine waters measured in real-time and in the field. Our results show that alkalinity, pH reaction, and conductivity are higher in surface drainage, while values of trophic parameters (soluble reactive phosphates, total phosphorus, nitrates) are greater in samples representing subsurface drainage. Correlation analysis of bioluminescence with mine water quality parameters showed that only water color had a strong association with bioluminescence. This correlation is stronger for surface drainage, than for mine waters from subsurface drainage. Direct measurement of bioluminescence, resulting from adenosine 5`-triphosphate (ATP) using a luminometer, is a fast and reliable method for evaluation of the characteristics of mine waters in real-time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa1b052c951445a6b828edddcec464532023-11-22T00:11:53ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-06-011412355810.3390/en14123558Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface DrainageRyszard Staniszewski0Dorota Cais-Sokolińska1Łukasz K. Kaczyński2Paulina Bielska3Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Life Sciences, 94C Piątkowska Street, 60-649 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Dairy Products Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Street, 60-624 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Dairy Products Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Street, 60-624 Poznań, PolandDepartment of Dairy Products Quality, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Street, 60-624 Poznań, PolandOpen-pit mines can cause environmental changes, such as alterations of landscape structure, hydrology, air quality, and river sediments; they can also generate cones of depression. We propose a new method for surveys of mine waters using the example of an open-pit mine in central Poland. This study examines the correlations between bioluminescence and the color of brown coal mine waters and tests whether values of the three-color coordinate system reflected the physicochemical quality of mine waters measured in real-time and in the field. Our results show that alkalinity, pH reaction, and conductivity are higher in surface drainage, while values of trophic parameters (soluble reactive phosphates, total phosphorus, nitrates) are greater in samples representing subsurface drainage. Correlation analysis of bioluminescence with mine water quality parameters showed that only water color had a strong association with bioluminescence. This correlation is stronger for surface drainage, than for mine waters from subsurface drainage. Direct measurement of bioluminescence, resulting from adenosine 5`-triphosphate (ATP) using a luminometer, is a fast and reliable method for evaluation of the characteristics of mine waters in real-time.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/12/3558brown coalmine waterscolorwater activitybioluminescence |
| spellingShingle | Ryszard Staniszewski Dorota Cais-Sokolińska Łukasz K. Kaczyński Paulina Bielska Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage Energies brown coal mine waters color water activity bioluminescence |
| title | Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage |
| title_full | Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage |
| title_fullStr | Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage |
| title_short | Use of Bioluminescence for Monitoring Brown Coal Mine Waters from Deep and Surface Drainage |
| title_sort | use of bioluminescence for monitoring brown coal mine waters from deep and surface drainage |
| topic | brown coal mine waters color water activity bioluminescence |
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