[Truncated abstract] To date, many subsurface contaminant modelling studies have focused on increasing model complexity and measurement requirements to improve model accuracy and widen model application. However, due to the highly complex and heterogeneous nature of flow in the subsurface, the greater benefit in model development may lie in decreasing complexity by identifying key processes and parameters, simplifying the relationships that exist between them, and incorporating these relationships into simple models that recognise or quantify the inherent complexity and uncertainty. To address this need, this study aims to identify and isolate the key processes and parameters that control dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) and aqueous phase migration through single, onedimensional fractures. This is a theoretical representation which allows the study of processes through conceptual and mathematical models. Fracture systems typically consist of multiple two-dimensional fractures in a three-dimensional network; however, these systems are computationally and conceptually demanding to investigate and were outside of the scope of this study. This work initially focuses on DNAPL migration in single, one-dimensional fractures. The similitude techniques of dimensional and inspectional analysis are performed to simplify the system and to develop breakthrough time scale factors. This approach relies heavily on the limitations of the equation used for the analysis and on the difficulty in representing variable aperture scenarios. The complexity of the conceptual model is then increased by embedding the fracture in a two-dimensional, porous matrix. ... These tools can be readily applied by the field investigator or computer modeller to make order-of-magnitude estimates of breakthrough times, reduce or target measurement requirements, and lessen the need to employ numerical multiphase flow models. To determine the implications of the results found in the one-dimensional studies to applications at the field scale, the complexity of the conceptual model was increased to a single, two-dimensional, planar fracture embedded in a three-dimensional porous matrix. The focus of this study was not DNAPL breakthrough times but the relative importance and interaction of different mass transport processes and parameters on plume migration and evolution. Observations clearly show that estimates of the size, location and concentration of the plume is highly dependent on the geologic media, the temporal and spatial location and resolution of measurements, and on the history, mass and location of the DNAPL source. In addition, the processes controlling mass transport (especially matrix diffusion and back diffusion) act in combination at the field scale in ways not always expected from an analysis of processes acting individually at smaller spatial and temporal scales. Serious concerns over the application of the common '1% Rule of Thumb' to predict DNAPL presence and the use of remediation efforts that rely largely on natural attenuation are raised. These findings have major implications for the field worker and computer modeller, and any characterisation, monitoring or remediation program development needs to be sensitive to these findings.

Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-03-12T15:40:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DANIELA PASSOS SIMÕES DE ALMEIDA TAVARES - TESE PPGEQ 2016..pdf: 15494076 bytes, checksum: 86040371b4c9f0e560658409f7d3b95d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-12T15:40:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DANIELA PASSOS SIMÕES DE ALMEIDA TAVARES - TESE PPGEQ 2016..pdf: 15494076 bytes, checksum: 86040371b4c9f0e560658409f7d3b95d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-18 / Capes / O vazamento de fluidos tóxicos em tubulações submarinas devido à corrosão, erosão ou falhas na estrutura, geralmente conduzem a danos extensivos à vida marinha, saúde humana e recursos naturais. Quando um vazamento acidental ocorre, uma resposta rápida e adequada é necessária para reduzir as consequências ambientais. Logo, compreender, por exemplo, o comportamento da pluma de óleo vazado possibilita a determinação do percurso da pluma de óleo e a dispersão da mesma na correnteza marítima e, assim, propor técnicas e/ou tecnologias para eliminar ou minimizar os danos causados pelo vazamento. Neste sentido, foi realizado um estudo do comportamento da pluma e sua dispersão, adotando-se uma abordagem Euleriana-Euleriana. Foi utilizado um modelo matemático representativo da fluidodinâmica de uma pluma de óleo originada do vazamento em um riser tipo catenária. Adotou-se um escoamento bifásico (Modelo de Superfície Livre), isotérmico e turbulento (modelo k-ε padrão) para se resolver as equações de conservação de massa e momento linear utilizando ANSYS CFX® v.15. Os resultados dos campos de pressão, velocidade e fração volumétrica, além dos perfis de fração volumétrica possibilitaram a avaliação do comportamento da pluma e de sua dispersão no mar. Observou-se que a pluma atingiu a superfície marítima quando adotado altas velocidades de vazamento de óleo e baixas velocidades da correnteza marítima. Para os casos em que a densidade do óleo é maior, houve espalhamento lateral subsuperfície. Para os casos com maior velocidade do jato de óleo e menor velocidade da água do mar, na chegada do óleo à superfície observou-se que houve espalhamento horizontal a montante e a jusante do sentido de escoamento. A depender das condições de velocidade de vazamento, da correnteza marítima e da diferença de densidade percebeu-se uma tendência da pluma não atingir a superfície marítima. / The leak of toxic fluids in submarine pipes due to corrosion, erosion or failures in the structure, generally lead to extensive damage to marine life, human health and natural resources. When occurs an accidental leak, a quick and adequate response is needed to reduce the environmental consequences. Therefore, understand, for example, the behavior of leaked oil plume enables the determination of the oil plume path and the dispersion of the same in the sea current and like this propose techniques and/or technologies to eliminate or minimize the damage caused by the leak. In this sense, it was proposed a study of the behavior of plume and its dispersion, adopting an EulerianEulerian approach. It was used a representative mathematical model of the fluid dynamics of an oil plume originated from leak at riser in catenary format. It was adopted a two-phase flow (Free Surface Model), isothermal and turbulent (k-ε standard model) to solve the mass and momentum conservation equations using ANSYS CFX® v.15. The results of the pressure, velocity and volumetric fraction fields, and the volumetric fraction profiles allowed the plume behavior assessment and dispersal at sea. Also it was observed that the plume reaches the sea surface when adopted high velocities of oil leak and low velocities of sea current. For the cases in which the oil density is higher, there was lateral subsurface scattering. For the cases with higher velocity of the oil jet and lower velocity of the sea water, in the arrival of the oil to the surface it was observed that there was horizontal scattering upstream and downstream of the direction of flow. Moreover, depending on conditions of the leak velocity, of the sea current and of the density difference was noticed a tendency of the plume not reach the sea surface.

L’aviation émet de grandes quantités de gaz et de particules dans l’atmosphère contribuant, d’une part, à la détérioration de la qualité de l’air à une échelle locale et d’autre part, au forçage radiatif atmosphérique et donc au changement climatique. Une voie envisagée pour limiter l’impact de l’aviation est l’utilisation de carburants alternatifs. Les biocarburants sélectionnés dans cette optique tendent à avoir des teneurs en soufre et en composés aromatiques réduites, ce qui induit une diminution de la quantité d’acide sulfurique formé dans les panaches d’avions ainsi que des suies émises. La modification de la nature et de la composition des carburants utilisés peut entraîner des conséquences inattendues. Il s’avère alors essentiel d’étudier et de déterminer l’évolution des aérosols dans les panaches d’avions. Pour cela, un modèle microphysique précédemment testé lors de la combustion de kérosène classique a été utilisé et amélioré. Après avoir déterminé les émissions « types » des carburants alternatifs, des simulations ont été menées afin de prédire l’évolution et le comportement des aérosols. Plusieurs processus ont nécessité des révisions tels que la congélation homogène ou encore le comportement des composés organiques. / Aircraft emit important amounts of particulate and gaseous matter in the atmosphere contributing on the one hand to local air pollution and on the other hand to the atmospheric radiative forcing and to climate change. Introducing alternative fuels in aviation can be considered as a viable option to reducing the impact of aviation, being economically and environmentally sustainable. These selected biofuels tend to have lower aromatic and sulphur contents inducing a simultaneous reduction in sulphuric acid and soot emissions. However modifying the nature and composition of the fuel used can entail unexpected consequences. It is therefore essential to study and determine the evolution of aerosols in the aircraft plume. To manage this task, a microphysical trajectory box, previously tested with standard kerosene, has been developed. After an assessment concerning the typical emissions from the combustion of biofuels in aviation, simulations have been undertaken in order to predict aerosol evolution. Several microphysical processes have been revised such as droplet homogeneous freezing or the behaviour of organic compounds.

A constatação de que muitos cemitérios, a maioria públicos, apresentam problemas e impactam o meio ambiente, poluindo o solo e as águas subterrâneas com contaminantes diversos, tem levado ao aumento dos estudos sobre essas potenciais fontes de poluição. No entanto, apesar de existirem metodologias para a constatação de contaminação do solo e das águas subterrâneas, não existem metodologias específicas, ou mesmo consagradas, para os processos de investigação e estabelecimento da área efetivamente contaminada, fazendo com que muitos sejam os critérios adotados para a investigação e diversificadas sejam as conclusões obtidas. Ainda, em relação à espacialização das plumas de contaminantes, raros são os resultados conclusivos, levando inclusive à preocupação sobre o comportamento dos vários contaminantes já conhecidos no solo, seu caminho até as águas subterrâneas e a real extensão dos impactos, em área e em efeitos deletérios à saúde pública. Este estudo visa demonstrar que a expansão da pluma de contaminantes, e sua área de abrangência, é agravada pela influência de fatores ambientais, físico-geográficos, a partir das características pedológicas, geomorfológicas e climáticas, associadas, dos locais onde estão (ou serão) implantados os cemitérios. Através de levantamento bibliográfico e de pesquisas empíricas foram correlacionadas determinadas características de relevo, clima e solo, presentes nos locais dos cemitérios, elaborando-se cenários de espacialização das plumas de contaminantes e sua possível escala de contaminação e de riscos socioambientais. Três áreas modelo foram selecionadas pelas suas características físico-geográficas diferenciadas e por trabalhos anteriores que definiram seus potencias de contaminação e algumas características físicas (geologia, hidrogeologia e outras): O cemitério de Vila Nova Cachoeirinha (PACHECO, 1991 e MATOS, 2001) e o cemitério de Vila Formosa (PACHECO, 1991), no município de São Paulo, e o cemitério de Areia Branca (PACHECO, 1991), no município de Santos. Concluímos que há influência dos fatores ambientais, físico-geográficos, principalmente do solo e da pluviosidade, na espacialização das plumas de contaminação oriundas dos cemitérios. / The finding that many cemeteries, mostly public, present problems and impact the environment, polluting the soil and groundwater with various contaminants, has led to an increase in studies on these potential sources of pollution. However, although there are methods for the realization of soil and groundwater contamination, there are no specific methodologies, or even dedicated to the research process and establishment of effectively contaminated area, causing many criterias to be the adopted for the research and diversifieds reached conclusions. Still, in relation to the spatial distribution of the plumes of contaminants, there are very few conclusive results, leading even to the concern about the behavior of various contaminants known on the ground, their way to the groundwater and the actual extent of impacts in the area and harmful effects to public health. This study aims to demonstrate that the expansion of the contaminant plume, and its coverage area is exacerbated by the influence of environmental, physical and geographical factors, from soil, geomorphological and climatic characteristics associated, on the places where cemeteries are (or will be) deployed. Through literature and empirical research were correlated certain prominent land relief, climate and soil characteristics, present in local cemeteries, creating spatial scenarios of contaminants plumes and their possible contamination scale and environmental risks. Three model areas were selected for their different physical-geographical characteristics and previous works that defined their potential contamination and some physical characteristics (geology, hydrogeology and others): The Vila Nova Cachoeirinha cemetery (PACHECO, 1991 and MATOS, 2001) and Vila Formosa cemetery (PACHECO, 1991), in São Paulo, and the cemetery of Areia Branca (PACHECO, 1991), in the city of Santos. We conclude that there is influence of environmental factors, physical geography, especially soil and rainfall, in the spatial distribution of contamination plumes coming from the cemeteries.

Submitted by Biblioteca de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica BGQ (bgq@ndc.uff.br) on 2016-07-26T17:23:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Túlio Silva.pdf: 8829663 bytes, checksum: 81069a78eca4185efda0b3c0cf49beed (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-26T17:23:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Túlio Silva.pdf: 8829663 bytes, checksum: 81069a78eca4185efda0b3c0cf49beed (MD5) / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Instituto de Química. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geociências - Geoquímica / Plumas de material particulado em suspensão alteram a geoquímica de águas costeiras e são capazes de influenciar a estrutura e função da comunidade planctônica, devido ao aporte de elementos biogênicos e a transformações bioquímicas que disponibilizam nutrientes para a base da cadeia alimentar marinha. Configura-se, portanto, um potencial fertilizador que motivou a busca pela compreensão do mecanismo por trás da dispersão dessas feições no caso da Plataforma Continental de Cabo Frio-RJ. Para tanto, imagens geradas pelo sensor MODIS em um intervalo de 11 anos (2004 a 2014) foram selecionadas segundo critérios específicos de qualidade e então processadas para extração da área superficial das plumas. Em seguida, a variabilidade de área da pluma foi comparada a dados de reanálise do modelo Wave Watch III-NOAA em diferentes escalas temporais, considerando as variáveis de direção e velocidade do vento e altura e direção de ondas. Os resultados na escala de dias mostram que, no geral, inversões do vento de NE para ventos de SW-S-SE coincidiram com plumas mais restritas à linha de costa, sendo observada sua liberação gradual após a passagem de frentes frias. Sazonalmente, as plumas apresentaram maiores áreas durante o inverno (mediana: 21.793,00 km²), ainda que a precipitação e descarga fluvial na região sejam menores neste período. A análise interanual revelou que a superfície livre aumentou nos últimos anos (média de 12.708,29 km² em 2004 contra 21.713,71 km² em 2014), em uma tendência que corresponde às flutuações do regime de ondas e do fenômeno La Niña. Os resultados, portanto, indicam que as plumas que atingem Cabo Frio não tem seu desenvolvimento controlado pela vazão fluvial, estando em grande parte sujeitas ao regime de vento-onda local. Assim, propôe-se a descrição de um mecanismo de dispersão das plumas túrbidas para o qual a combinação entre ação do vento e impulso das ondas dá origem à resultante que determina sua dimensão e fluxo preferencial. As principais conclusões são as seguintes: a dispersão das plumas ao longo dos dias interage de forma sistemática com a forçante do vento e a energia das ondas, a ponto de reproduzir uma dinâmica basicamente controlada por ambas; as maiores áreas observadas durante o inverno foram provocadas pela maior energia das ondas na estação, o que, por sua vez, pode ser explicado pela alta frequência de frentes frias; a variabilidade interanual de dispersão responde a processos climáticos de escala global, especificamente à ocorrência de fortes eventos La Niña, cujo reflexo direto é detectável no recente aumento da altura das ondas; a região próxima ao Cabo de São Tomé é a mais povoada pelas plumas, onde sua intensidade também é maior, enquanto que a dispersão de material é mais intensa no setor SO da plataforma (trecho Baía de Guanabara-Cabo Frio) e nas faixas mais externas / Plumes of suspended particulate matter alter the geochemistry of coastal waters and are able to influence the structure and function of the planktonic community, due to delivery of biogenic elements and the contribution of biochemical processes providing nutrients to the base of the marine food chain. The coastal plumes as potential fertilizers motivated the seek for a better understanding of the mechanism behind the evolution of these features, in the continental shelf of Cabo Frio-RJ. For this purpose, images generated by the sensor MODIS comprising 11 years of observation (2004-2014) were selected according specific quality criteria and then processed to extract information of surface plumes. Variability of plume area was then compared to wind speed, wave height and direction from the Wave Watch IIINOAA program at different time scales. The results showed that, in the scale of days, NE to SW-S-SE wind inversions are related to plumes closer to the coast and an observed gradual relaxation after the passage of cold fronts. Seasonally, the plumes showed increasing coverage during winter (Median: 21,793.00 km²), although precipitation and river discharge in the region are lowest during this period. The interannual data analysis revealed that the free plume coverage increased in recent years (average of 12,708.29 km² in 2004 against 21,713.71 km² in 2014), in a trend that corresponds to fluctuations of the wave regime and La Niña phenomenon. Therefore, the results indicate that the plumes around Cabo Frio has its development not controlled by river discharge, being largely subject to a local wind-wave regime. Thus, this study describes the dispersion mechanism of coastal plumes in combination of wind and waves giving rise to process that determines their size and preferential flow. The main conclusions are as follows: plume dispersion in scale of days interact systematically with wind forcing and wave energy, enough to play primarily a dynamic control by both; the largest coverage observed during the winter were caused by the higher energy wave during the season, which, in turn, can be explained by the high frequency of cold fronts; the interannual variability dispersion responds to climate processes on a global scale, specifically the occurrence of strong events of La Niña, whose direct effects are detectable in recent increasing wave height; the region near the Cabo de São Tomé is the focal point of coastal plumes by where its intensity is also larger, while the dispersion of suspended material is more intense in the southwestern sector of the shelf (between Guanabara Bay and Cabo Frio) and in the outer shelf.

M.Phil. (Energy Studies) / Southern Africa is a major source of regional aerosols and trace gases from biomass burning, and this creates a need for experimental validation and systematics of the magnitude and frequency of aerosol transport episodes affecting the atmosphere of the region. This study links surface measurements of biomass burning atmospheric aerosols and trace gases with air mass trajectory analysis to determine transport pathways for periods of high and low concentrations. The hypothesis of this study is that from chemical signatures of trace gases and aerosols, as well as trajectory analyses, it is possible to identify sources of these emissions from industrial, traffic, marine and biomass burning activities. Consequently, frequencies, durations, intensities and seasonal variations of trace gases can be established. The study aims to interpret the long-term atmospheric monitoring record from a remote monitoring station at Botsalano (North West Province, South Africa) to determine the origin, frequencies, durations, intensities and seasonal occurrences of aerosol/haze episodes influencing the atmosphere of southern Africa. A suite of trace gas analysers and a Differential Mobility Particle Sizer (DMPS®) were used to measure ground level trace gas and aerosol quantities. MATLAB® scripts were used in performing quality assurance and processing to provide a working set of data from which different fire periods could be selected. Fire signatures, based on excess CO above average tropospheric levels and episodes of enhanced particulate matter concentrations in the 10 to 200 nm range, were identified using MATLAB® scripts and Excel®. Altogether 36 plumes were accepted as biomass burning plumes. Twenty-nine fire plumes had weak signals with excess CO ratios ranging between 0.07 and 0.32; seven plumes had strong signals ranging between 0.41 and 0.64. The occurrence of identified biomass burning plumes was high in the dry season from May to October (83%) and low (17%) during the wet season from November to April. Four pathways were identified for the long-range transportation of biomass burning aerosols to the site: easterly, south-westerly, re-circulation and northerly modes, with occurrence frequencies of 39%, 31%, 22% and 8%, respectively. Anti-cyclonic circulation was observed over southern Africa and was evident in the re-circulation and Indian Ocean slow modes. CO and Aitken-mode aerosol number intensities were generally larger for fire emissions arriving in the easterly and south-westerly air masses when compared with those arriving in re-circulation and northerly air masses. Easterly and south-westerly flows were dominated by Aitken-mode aerosol, whereas accumulation mode particles dominated in the re-circulation and northerly modes. Consequently, easterly and south-westerly flows transported emissions from young/fresh fire plumes, with source regions probably close to Botsalano. Re-circulation and northerly flows were responsible for transport of rather aged plumes from more distant regional fires. Based on forward trajectories, this study revealed that the 2006/2007 measurement period exhibited transport features of a La Niña ENSO during which transport of biomass v burning aerosols towards the south in the Indian Ocean slow and Indian Ocean fast modes was most frequent. This study is significant in that it complements earlier studies of regional aerosol transport over the sub-continent and adds to the understanding of the regional scale generation and transport of trace substances through the atmosphere. Furthermore, the study combines a technique for identifying enhanced CO concentrations as a unique identifier of large scale biomass combustion events with the use of the Aitken-mode particle number densities and size distributions. This technique reveals aspects of aerosol growth dynamics through the changing size distributions, thereby adding fresh insights normally not available through conventional particle volume/mass concentrations measurements.

Ce travail de thèse apporte des éléments en vue d’une meilleure compréhension de la circulation et des processus de dispersion associés aux vagues à proximité des plages. Un outil de modélisation numérique opérationnelle a été développé, fondé sur le modèle spectral d’état de mer WAVEWATCH III R et le modèle hydrodynamique 3-D MOHID Water. Le code MOHID a été étendu à l’approche glm2z pour la représentation des interactions 3-D vagues-courant. Les développements théoriques permettant l’obtention des équations glm2z sont rassemblés et détaillés dans ce travail. L’implémentation de ces équations au sein de l’outil de modélisation est exposée. L’outil construit est validé sur deux cas académiques, où est mise en évidence sa capacité à reproduire la solution fournie par des modèles numériques de référence. Par la suite, la modélisation est combinée à des observations in situ pour étudier deux sites de la côte Sud Atlantique française. Ces sites correspondent à des configurations littorales complexes, associant une influence significative des vagues et une stratification haline notable de la colonne d’eau. La confrontation des résultats du calcul 3-D aux mesures fournit des résultats encourageants et apporte des éléments utiles pour la compréhension de la variabilité des courants et des profils de salinité observés. Une baie estuarienne semi-fermée est tout d’abord étudiée. La modélisation y suggère un effet significatif des vagues sur la dispersion des panaches estuariens, susceptible d’impacter la vidange globale de la baie à l’échelle d’un épisode de précipitations. Le second site d’application permet l’étude de la circulation intense induite par les vagues au-dessus d’un système barre/chenal, ainsi que la dispersion des eaux douces introduites par une rivière dans la zone de déferlement. Ce travail fournit finalement un outil de modélisation 3-D pour l’étude de la circulation et du transport sous l’effet de l’ensemble des forçages littoraux. / This work aimed at providing a better understanding of nearshore circulation and dispersion processes under the effect of waves. An operational numerical modeling tool was developed, based on the spectral wave model WAVEWATCH III R and the 3-D hydrodynamical model MOHID Water. The MOHID implementation was extended to the glm2z approach for 3-D wave-current interactions. Theoretical developments leading to glm2z equations are gathered and detailed in the present work. The numerical implementation of glm2z equations is described. The model is validated in academic cases, in which the obtained solution is shown to be consistent with that provided by reference numerical models. Both numerical modeling and in situ measurements are then used to study two nearshore environments, located on the French South Atlantic coast. These complex areas combine a significant effect of waves on dynamics and remarkable salinity stratification. Comparison of 3-D model results with field data are encouraging and offers interesting insights for current and salinity profile variability. Dynamics of a semi-enclosed estuarine bay is first studied. Modeling results suggest that waves may have a significant impact on river plumes, leading to a reduction of the global bay flushing during a raining event. The second study site allows the investigation of the intense circulation generated by waves over a ridge and runnel system, and the dispersion of reshwaters introduced in the surfzone by a small river. Finally, this work provides a 3-D numerical modeling tool for the study of the circulation and related transports under the effects of nearshore forcings.

Les coûts de remise en forme que les macro et micro parasites imposent aux hôtes peuvent s'expliquer par trois facteurs principaux : (1) Les hôtes utilisent des réponses immunitaires contre les parasites pour prévenir ou contrôler l'infection. Les réponses immunitaires nécessitent de l'énergie et des nutriments pour produire et / ou activer les cellules immunitaires et les immunoglobulines, ce qui est coûteux, provoquant des compromis avec d'autres processus physiologiques comme la croissance ou la reproduction. (2) Le taux métabolique de l'hôte peut être augmenté parce que les dommages aux tissus et la réparation ultérieure de l'infection causée par le parasite peuvent être coûteux. (3) Le taux métabolique des hôtes peut augmenter et donc augmenter également leurs besoins en ressources. La compétition entre macro-parasites et hôtes peut priver les ressources de l'hôte. Les coûts de remise en forme que les macro et micro parasites imposent aux hôtes peuvent s'expliquer par trois facteurs principaux : (1) Les hôtes utilisent des réponses immunitaires contre les parasites pour prévenir ou contrôler l'infection. Les réponses immunitaires nécessitent de l'énergie et des nutriments pour produire et / ou activer les cellules immunitaires et les immunoglobulines, ce qui est coûteux, provoquant des compromis avec d'autres processus physiologiques comme la croissance ou la reproduction. (2) Le taux métabolique de l'hôte peut être augmenté parce que les dommages aux tissus et la réparation ultérieure de l'infection causée par le parasite peuvent être coûteux. (3) Le taux métabolique des hôtes peut augmenter et donc augmenter également leurs besoins en ressources. La compétition entre macro-parasites et hôtes peut priver les ressources de l'hôte. / The fitness costs that macro- and micro-parasites impose on hosts can be explained by three main factors: (1) Hosts use immune responses against parasites to prevent or control infection. Immune responses require energy and nutrients to produce and/or activate immune cells and immunoglobulins, and that is costly, causing trade-offs against other physiological processes like growth or reproduction. (2) The host’s metabolic rate can be increased because tissue damage and subsequent repair from the infection caused by parasite may be costly. (3) The metabolic rate of hosts may increase and hence also increase their resource requirements. Competition between macroparasites and hosts may deprive resources of host. Birds are hosts for many symbionts, some of them parasitic, that could decrease the fitness of their hosts. There is a huge diversity in potential parasites carried in a bird’s plumage and some can cause infection. Nest lining feathers are chosen and transported by adult birds including barn swallows Hirundo rustica to their nests, implying that any heterogeneity in abundance and diversity of microorganisms on feathers in nests must arise from feather preferences. we found that the effects of microorganisms on the behavior of birds may be a combination of positive and negative effects. There may be positive effects of antimicrobial activity on birds through the process of bacterial interference, consisting of certain bacteria impeding the establishment of competing bacterial strains by producing antibiotic substances. Meanwhile, the negative effects may imply that pathogenic or/and feather-degrading microorganisms may reduce fitness components of their hosts. These effects of microorganisms and hence the microbiome can be affected by the behavior of bird hosts.

Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-65). / Hydrothermal vents discharge superheated, mineral rich water into our oceans, thereby providing a habitat for exotic chemosynthetic biological communities. Hydrothermal fluids are convected upwards until they cool and reach density equilibrium, at which point they advect laterally with the current. The neutrally buoyant plume layer can have length scales on the order of several kilometers, and it therefore provides the best means to detect the presence of vent fields on the seafloor, which typically have length scales on the order of a few meters. This thesis uses field measurements of the velocity, temperature and particulate anomalies associated with the TAG hydrothermal plume to demonstrate that tidal currents exert a strong impact on the plume shape, and to provide new constraints on the thermal power of the TAG hydrothermal system. The results show that the power output of the TAG system is on the order of 6000 MW, which is up to two orders of magnitude greater than previous estimates, and that there is considerably more entrainment than had previously been assumed. / by Sacha Wichers. / S.M.

In 2016 Sparks et al. [14] reported evidence of water plumes above the Galilean moon Europa. Their method consisted of creating a model image of Europa transiting Jupiter and analytically comparing it with an actual far-ultraviolet observation from the Hubble Space Telescope. In 2020 Giono et al. [2] reported discrepancies in the original method and expanded it, concluding that Sparks’ results were not sufficient to provide evidence for plumes. Sparks’ team commissioned a total of 51 transit images but only 10 were used in the original paper from Sparks et al. Here an attempt to use the expanded method from Giono et al. on all 51 images is reported, with changes made to accommodate the varying quality of the individual transit images. The changes included a new method of cropping the raw data, corrections were made to the treatment of the solar phase angle, using native image resolution instead of re-scaling the images, excluding proximate shadows from the moon itself when creating model backgrounds, and disk-brightness scaled individually for each image. The analysis showed no evidence of plumes. Prevalent mismatches between models and observations suggested systematic flaws in the creation of the model. The original method, while clever, is deemed untrustworthy until better modelling can be made, and the discussion includes possible sources of and solutions to the systematic flaws. / 2016 rapporterade Sparks m.fl. [14] bevis på vattenaktivitet i form av plymer från ytan av Jupiters måne Europa. Deras metod utgick från en modell skapad för att efterlikna Europa i passage över Jupiters yta som jämfördes analytiskt med faktiska observationer gjorda i ultravioletta våglängder m.h.a. Hubbleteleskopet. 2020 rapporterade Giono m.fl. [2] avvikelser de funnit i Sparks metod vilken de utvecklade, för att sedan dra slutsatsen att resultaten från Sparks m.fl. ej räckte för att påvisa vattenplymer. Sparks forskarlag beställde totalt 51 bilder som visade Europa passera över Jupiters yta men endast 10 användes i rapporten. I detta arbete görs ett försök att med hjälp av Gionos utökade metod analysera samtliga 51 bilder, med ändringar gjorda för att ackommodera variationen på bildkvalite som upptäcktes i datan. Ändringarna inkluderade korrigerade solvinklar, användande av ursprunglig bildupplösning istället för att skala om datan, exkludering av närliggande bakgrundsskuggor vid modellering av bakgrundsbild, samt individuellt anpassad ljusintensitet av modellerad månyta. Analysen visade inga tecken på plymaktivitet i någon av bilderna och framträdande missanpassningar mellan modell och observation upptäcktes i flertalet bilder, vilket tyder på systematiska fel vid framställning av modeller. Ursprungsmetoden är väl uttänkt men bör ej ses som tillförlitlig innan modelleringen förbättrats. Disskussion förs kring orsaker och möjliga lösningar för de systematiska felen.