REVIEW PAPER
A New Approach for Investigating the Impact
of Pesticides and Nutrient Flux from Agricultural
Holdings and Land-Use Structures on Baltic Sea
Coastal Waters
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Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Physical Oceanography Department, Sopot, Poland
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Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Marine Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Sopot, Poland
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Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk, Poland
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Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, Department of Water Quality, Raszyn, Poland
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Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Department of Environment Protection, Gdańsk, Poland
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Institute of Oceanology PAS, IT Department, Sopot, Poland
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Academic Computer Centre in Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Municipality of Puck, Puck, Poland
Submission date: 2018-03-06
Final revision date: 2018-06-16
Acceptance date: 2018-06-22
Online publication date: 2019-01-25
Publication date: 2019-04-09
Corresponding author
Lidia Dzierzbicka-Głowacka
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Physical Oceanography Department, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(4):2531-2539
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ABSTRACT
Knowledge related to land-use management impacts on the Baltic Sea ecosystem is limited.
The constant release of pollutants into water bodies has resulted in water quality degradation. Therefore,
only the innovative approaches integrated with research will provide accurate solutions and methods
for proper environment management and will enable understanding and prediction of the impacts of
land-use in the Baltic Sea region. Modelling approaches have become essential to address water issues
and to evaluate ecosystem management. There are many water quality models, but only a few work
in the operational mode and only some of them can be used as an interactive tool for environmental
management to assess the impact of pollution on water quality. This study presents a new approach
for investigating the influence of pesticides and nutrient fluxes from agricultural holdings and land-use
structures on coastal waters of the Baltic Sea. Called WaterPUCK, this method will enable calculation
of the sufficient amount of fertilizers, investigation nutrients, and pesticide sources and model: the fate
and distribution of nutrients and pesticides in the surface water and groundwater; loads of pollution
to surface water and groundwater; fluxes of nutrients via submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to
the Baltic Sea coastal environment; the processes and mechanisms influencing the persistence of
nutrients in the environment; and predict the changes in land use and climate change influence on
the Bay of Puck ecosystem.