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Dissolved organic carbon transformation and redox zonation in streambeds under different flow conditions
We are trying to quantify the effects of flow conditions on biogeochemical processes in streams by evaluating 1) the effect of bed movement on biogeochemical processes, 2) the effect of overlying velocity and subsurface flow patterns resulting from neutral, losing and gaining stream conditions on the microbial transformation of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), Particulate organic carbon (POC), and redox zonation within stream sediments, 3) study the effect of unsteady overlying velocity on the microbial transformation of DOC/POC and redox zonation within stream sediments, and 4) to develop and validate a coupled hydrodynamic-biochemical model for the prediction of the overall reaction rates that are associated with organic carbon and oxygen transformations. Collaborators: Fulvio Boano (Politechnico di Torino, Italy), Jörg Lewandowski (IGB Berlin, Germany), Jesus D. Gomez-Velez (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA), Stanley Grant (Virginia Tech, USA), Stefan Krause (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK), Anne Robertson and Ignacio Peralta- Maraver (University of Roehampton, UK). Funding:
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Oxygen distribution in moving bedforms. U is the streamwater velocity and Ub is the bed celerity
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Related publications:
1. Fox, A., Boano, F., Arnon, S. (2014). Impact of losing and gaining stream flow conditions on hyporheic exchange fluxes induced by dune-shaped bedforms. Water Resources Research, 50, doi:10.1002/2013WR014668.
2. De Falco, N., Boano, F., Arnon, S. (2016). Biodegradation of labile dissolved organic carbon under losing and gaining streamflow conditions simulated in a laboratory flume. Limnology and Oceanography, 61, 1839–1852.
3. Boano, F., De Falco, N., & Arnon S. (2018). Modeling chemical gradients in sediments under losing and gaining flow conditions: the GRADIENT code. Advances in Water Resources, 112, 72–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.12.002.
4. De Falco, N., Boano, F., Bogler, A., Bar-Zeev, E., & Arnon, S. (2018). Influence of stream-subsurface exchange flux and bacterial biofilms on oxygen consumption under nutrient-rich conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004372.
5. Wolke, P., Teitelbaum, Y., Chao, D., Lewandowski, J., and Arnon, S. Impact of bed form celerity on oxygen dynamics in the hyporheic zone. WATER, 12, 62; doi:10.3390/w12010062.
6. Galloway, J., Fox, A., Lewandowski, J. and Arnon, S. The effect of non-steady overlying water velocity on oxygen consumption under losing and gaining conditions. Scientific Reports, 9:19735, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56289-y.
7. Schulz, H., Teitelbaum, Y., Lewandowski, J., Singer, G. A., & Arnon, S. 2023. Moving bedforms control CO2 production and distribution in sandy river sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2022JG007156. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007156
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Coupled sand and clay motion, bed morphodynamics, and porewater exchange
This project aims to measure how coupled clay-sand-water interacting with each other under various chemical and physical conditions, and develop mathematical models that will enable to predict these processes. Experiments and theoretical analysis will be performed collaboratively between the U.S. and Israeli institutions. Collaborators: Aaron Packman & Collin Phillips (Northwestern University, USA), Rina Schumer (Desert Research Institute, USA), Scott hansen (Ben-Gurion University, Israel). Funding: NSF-BSF |
Kaolinite deposition is visible as white horizontal layer below the depth of the moving fraction of the sand. The kaolinite deposition clogs the bed and prevent solute transport into the deep hyporheic zone as seen by the blue dye tracer distribution in the bed.
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Related publications
1. Fox, A, Packman, A.I., Boano, F., Colin B. P., Arnon, S. (2018). Interactions between suspended kaolinite deposition and hyporheic exchange flux under losing and gaining flow conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018GL077951.
2. Preziosi-ribero, A., Packman, A.I., Escobar-vargas, J.A., Phillips, C.B., Donado, L.D., Arnon, S. (2020). Fine sediment deposition and filtration under losing and gaining flow conditions: A particle tracking model approach. Water Resources Research 56, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026057
3. Dallmann, J., Phillips, C. B., Sund, N., Schumer, R., Teitelbaum, Y., Arnon, S., Packman, A.I. (2020). Impacts of fine particle accumulation on hyporheic exchange and sand-bed morphodynamics. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR027010. https:// doi.org/10.1029/2019WR027010.
4. Teitelbaum, Y., Dallmann, J., Phillips, C. B., Packman, A. I., Schumer, R., Sund, N. L., Hansen, S. K., & Arnon, S. (2021). Dynamics of Hyporheic Exchange Flux and Fine Particle Deposition Under Moving Bedforms. Water Resources Research, 57(4), 1–13.
5. Dallmann, J., Phillips, C.B., Teitelbaum, Y., Cifuentes, E.Y.S., Sund, N., Schumer, R., Arnon, S., Packman, A.I., 2021. Bedform segregation and locking increase storage of natural and synthetic particles in rivers. Nat. Commun. 12, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27554-4
6. Teitelbaum, Y., Shimony, T., Cifuentes, E.Y., Dallmann, J., Phillips, C.B., Packman, A.I., Hansen, S. K., and Arnon, S., 2022. A Novel Framework for Simulating Particle Deposition with Moving Bedforms. Geophysical Research Letters. 49. doi.org/e2021GL097223.
7. Risse-Buhl, U., Arnon, S., Bar-Zeev, E., Oprei, A., Packman, A. I., Peralta-Maraver, I., Robertson, A., Teitelbaum, Y., Mutz, M., 2023. Streambed migration frequency drives ecology and biogeochemistry across spatial scales. WIREs Water, e1632. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1632
8. Shimoni, T., Teitelbaum, Y., Dallmann, J., Saavedra Cifuentes, E., Phillips, C.B., Packman, A.I., and Arnon, S. 2023. Kaolinite Deposition Dynamics and Streambed Clogging During Bedform Migration under Losing and Gaining Flow Conditions. Water Resources Research. 59(9), e2023WR034792. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034792
9. Saavedra Cifuentes, E., Teitelbaum, Y., Shimony, T., Arnon, S., Dallmann, J., Phillips, C.B., Packman, A.I. Turbulence-driven clogging of hyporheic zones by fine particle filtration. Geophysical Research Letters. 50, e2023GL105002. doi. org/10.1029/2023GL105002
1. Fox, A, Packman, A.I., Boano, F., Colin B. P., Arnon, S. (2018). Interactions between suspended kaolinite deposition and hyporheic exchange flux under losing and gaining flow conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018GL077951.
2. Preziosi-ribero, A., Packman, A.I., Escobar-vargas, J.A., Phillips, C.B., Donado, L.D., Arnon, S. (2020). Fine sediment deposition and filtration under losing and gaining flow conditions: A particle tracking model approach. Water Resources Research 56, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026057
3. Dallmann, J., Phillips, C. B., Sund, N., Schumer, R., Teitelbaum, Y., Arnon, S., Packman, A.I. (2020). Impacts of fine particle accumulation on hyporheic exchange and sand-bed morphodynamics. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR027010. https:// doi.org/10.1029/2019WR027010.
4. Teitelbaum, Y., Dallmann, J., Phillips, C. B., Packman, A. I., Schumer, R., Sund, N. L., Hansen, S. K., & Arnon, S. (2021). Dynamics of Hyporheic Exchange Flux and Fine Particle Deposition Under Moving Bedforms. Water Resources Research, 57(4), 1–13.
5. Dallmann, J., Phillips, C.B., Teitelbaum, Y., Cifuentes, E.Y.S., Sund, N., Schumer, R., Arnon, S., Packman, A.I., 2021. Bedform segregation and locking increase storage of natural and synthetic particles in rivers. Nat. Commun. 12, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27554-4
6. Teitelbaum, Y., Shimony, T., Cifuentes, E.Y., Dallmann, J., Phillips, C.B., Packman, A.I., Hansen, S. K., and Arnon, S., 2022. A Novel Framework for Simulating Particle Deposition with Moving Bedforms. Geophysical Research Letters. 49. doi.org/e2021GL097223.
7. Risse-Buhl, U., Arnon, S., Bar-Zeev, E., Oprei, A., Packman, A. I., Peralta-Maraver, I., Robertson, A., Teitelbaum, Y., Mutz, M., 2023. Streambed migration frequency drives ecology and biogeochemistry across spatial scales. WIREs Water, e1632. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1632
8. Shimoni, T., Teitelbaum, Y., Dallmann, J., Saavedra Cifuentes, E., Phillips, C.B., Packman, A.I., and Arnon, S. 2023. Kaolinite Deposition Dynamics and Streambed Clogging During Bedform Migration under Losing and Gaining Flow Conditions. Water Resources Research. 59(9), e2023WR034792. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034792
9. Saavedra Cifuentes, E., Teitelbaum, Y., Shimony, T., Arnon, S., Dallmann, J., Phillips, C.B., Packman, A.I. Turbulence-driven clogging of hyporheic zones by fine particle filtration. Geophysical Research Letters. 50, e2023GL105002. doi. org/10.1029/2023GL105002
Gerrit, Shai, Uri, Natalie & Aryeh (left to right) are very happy after they finished packing the heterogeneous streambed in the flume Related publications: Fox, A., Laube, G., Schmidt, C., Fleckenstein, J.H., Arnon, S. The effect of losing and gaining flow conditions on hyporheic exchange in heterogeneous streambeds. Water Resources Research, 52, 613–615, doi: 10.1002/2016WR018677 |
Impact of losing vs. gaining stream flow conditions on hyporheic exchange in heterogeneous sediments
The objectives of this study are 1) evaluate the effect of overlying velocity and streambed heterogeneity on temperature and oxygen gradients in the hyporheic zone, 2) evaluate the effects of subsurface flow patterns resulting from neutral, losing, or gaining stream flow conditions on temperature and oxygen gradients in the hyporheic zone, and 3) develop and validate a coupled hydrodynamic-heat transfer-biochemical modeling suite for the prediction of factors influencing hyporheic exchange and oxygen consumption in the streambed. Collaborators: Christian Schmidt and Jan Fleckenstein (UFZ, Germany) Funding: The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) |
A few seconds before injecting a dye tracer into the flume
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Dye tracer penetration into heterogeneous streambed under neutral flow conditions. Overlying water flow is from left to right.
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See what HypoTrain students are doing and what they say about the project
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HypoTrain
A training network for enhancing the understanding of complex physical, chemical and biological process interactions in hyporheic zones HypoTRAIN is a collaborative research using the state-of-the-art technologies from multiple disciplines (hydrology, ecology, microbiology, engineering, environmental physics, contaminant science, modelling) that is expected to generate new mechanistic insights into the functioning of hyporheic zones. Collaborators: Project coordination: Jörg Lewandowski (IGB Berlin, Germany). For more details see http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/hypotrain/index.php?lang=en Funding: EU, Horizon 2020 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN) |
Yarqon-Qana confluence where mixing of freshwater from the Yarqon springs (left) are mixing with tertiary level treated wastewater from the Hod Hasharon treatment plant (right)
Related publications: Arnon, S., Avni, N. , Gafny, S., Nutrient uptake and macroinvertebrate community structure in a highly regulated Mediterranean stream receiving treated wastewater. Aquatic Sciences, 77(4), 623–637, doi:10.1007/s00027-015-0407-6. 
Sewage flow below the relics of the old Turkish railway near Beer-Sheva, southern Israel.
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Stream Biogeochemstry
Stream water quality is affected by a complex interplay between biogeochemical reactions in the benthic sediments as well as downstream transport. Nutrient uptake and macroinvertebrate community structure in a highly regulated Mediterranean stream receiving treated wastewater Here we study how the improvement in the treated wastewater quality from the secondary to the tertiary level influenced N uptake, P uptake, and macroinvertebrate assemblage in the Yarqon Stream (Israel). Collaborators: Sarig Gafny (School of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel) Yonathan Raz and David Pargament (Yarqon River Authority) Funding:
Occurrence and fate of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals in streams and ponds receiving treated wastewater The objectives of this study are 1) to assess the major type of EDCs and their concentrations in streams that receive different levels of treated wastewater, and 2) to quantify the fate of EDCs along the streams. Some of the studied streams are cross border streams and we collaborate with our Palestinians partners. Collaborators: Alon Tal (BGU, Israel) Alfred Abed Rabbo (Bethlehem University) Nader El Khateeb (WEDO) Ludmila Groisman (Ministry of Health, Israel) Dina Zilberg (BGU, Israel) Funding: *The middle east regional cooperation program (MERC) *The Daniel Koshland Fund *ICA |
Related publications:
Zaibel, I., Groisman, L., Zilberg, D. and Arnon, S. (2016). Impact of treated wastewater reuse and floods on water quality and fish health within a water reservoir in an arid climate. Science of the Total Environment. 559, 268–281, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.099.
Zaibel, I. S, Appelbaum, Y.S, Arnon, S.PI, Britzi, M.C, Schwartsburd, F. C, Snyder, S. C, Zilberg, Z PI. The potential of tertiary treated wastewater reuse for fish culture: Laboratory-scale experiment with ornamental fish Poecilia reticulate (guppy). PLOS One, 14(6): e0217927.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217927.
Zaibel, I., Dagan, G. , Arnon, S., Schwartsburd, F., Britzi, M., Snyder, S.A., Zilberg, D., (2020). Tertiary-treated wastewater as a potential water source for sustainable aquaculture: A laboratory-scale experiment with Cyprinus carpio. Aquaculture, 522, 735161 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735161
Zaibel, I., Groisman, L., Zilberg, D. and Arnon, S. (2016). Impact of treated wastewater reuse and floods on water quality and fish health within a water reservoir in an arid climate. Science of the Total Environment. 559, 268–281, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.099.
Zaibel, I. S, Appelbaum, Y.S, Arnon, S.PI, Britzi, M.C, Schwartsburd, F. C, Snyder, S. C, Zilberg, Z PI. The potential of tertiary treated wastewater reuse for fish culture: Laboratory-scale experiment with ornamental fish Poecilia reticulate (guppy). PLOS One, 14(6): e0217927.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217927.
Zaibel, I., Dagan, G. , Arnon, S., Schwartsburd, F., Britzi, M., Snyder, S.A., Zilberg, D., (2020). Tertiary-treated wastewater as a potential water source for sustainable aquaculture: A laboratory-scale experiment with Cyprinus carpio. Aquaculture, 522, 735161 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735161
Biogeochemistry and ecology of intermittent streams
We recently begun to study the ecology and biogeochemical processes in intermittent streams.
Collaborators:
Sarig Gafny (School of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel)
Avi Uzan (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
and partners from two related networks:
IRES- The 1000 intermittent rivers project
http://1000_intermittent_rivers_project.irstea.fr/
SMIRES- http://www.smires.eu/what-is-smires/
We recently begun to study the ecology and biogeochemical processes in intermittent streams.
Collaborators:
Sarig Gafny (School of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel)
Avi Uzan (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
and partners from two related networks:
IRES- The 1000 intermittent rivers project
http://1000_intermittent_rivers_project.irstea.fr/
SMIRES- http://www.smires.eu/what-is-smires/
Taninim Stream during dry period
Related Publications:
1. Datry, T., et al. (2018). A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4A.
2. Arce, M., et al. (2019). A conceptual framework for understanding the biogeochemistry of dry riverbeds through the lens of soil science. Earth-Science Rev., 188, 441–453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.12.001
3. Shumilova, et al. (2019). Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology, 25(2019)5, S. 1591-1611.
4. Von Schiller et al. (2019). Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33, doi. org/10.1029/2019GB006276.
5. Gómez-Gener et al. (2021). Towards an improved understanding of biogeochemical processes across surface-groundwater interactions in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Earth-Science Rev., (2021), 220, 103724. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103724.
1. Datry, T., et al. (2018). A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4A.
2. Arce, M., et al. (2019). A conceptual framework for understanding the biogeochemistry of dry riverbeds through the lens of soil science. Earth-Science Rev., 188, 441–453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.12.001
3. Shumilova, et al. (2019). Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology, 25(2019)5, S. 1591-1611.
4. Von Schiller et al. (2019). Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33, doi. org/10.1029/2019GB006276.
5. Gómez-Gener et al. (2021). Towards an improved understanding of biogeochemical processes across surface-groundwater interactions in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Earth-Science Rev., (2021), 220, 103724. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103724.
Related publications: Dotan, P., M. Yeshayahu, W. Odeh, N. Gordon- Kirsch, L. Groisman, N. Al-Khateeb, A. Abed Rabbo, A. Tal, and S. Arnon (2017), Endocrine disrupting compounds in streams in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank: Implications for transboundary basin management, J. Environ. Manage., 204, 355–364, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.017.
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Integrated water resources management of transboundary catchments
Here we study topics related to water resources management in semi-arid climate. Aspects related to land use, climate, urbanization and cross-border streams are studied by using the Yarqon Catchment as a model. Collaborators: Yonathan Raz and David Pargament (Yarqon River Authority) Funding:
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Wastewater treatment facility near Lake Yeruham
Related publications: 1. Futran, V., Tal, A., Arnon, S. (2014). Why endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) challenge traditional risk assessment and how to respond. Journal of Hazardous Materials. doi: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.012 2. Dotan, P., Godinger, T., Odeh, W., Groisman, L., El Kehateeb, N., Abed Rabbo, A., Tal, A., and Arnon, S. (2016). Occurrence and fate of endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater treatment plants in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank. Chemosphere 155, 86–93, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.027 3. Dotan, P., Tal, A., and Arnon, S. (2017). A simple model for estimating the concentrations of natural estrogens in raw wastewater. Science of the Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.015 4. Gordon Kirsch, N., Tal, A., Odeh, W., Abed Rabbo, A., Godinger, T., Arnon, S. Al Khateeb, N. (2017). A model for cost-effectiveness analysis of wastewater treatment facilities regarding endocrine disrupting compound removal: A case study in the Palestinian West Bank. International Journal of Water and Wastewater Treatment. 3. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16966/2381-5299.145. |
Occurrence and fate of endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater treatment plants
The objectives of this study are 1) to assess the major type of EDCs and their concentrations in wastewater treatment plants in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2) to quantify the removal of EDCs wastewater treatment plants in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 3) evaluate the risk associated with EDCs discharge into the environment, 4) study the connection between socioeconomic status and EDCs load in domestic wasterwater. Collaborators: Alon Tal (BGU, Israel) Alfred Abed Rabbo (Bethlehem University) Nader El Khateeb (WEDO) Ludmila Groisman (Ministry of Health, Israel) Funding: The middle east regional cooperation program (MERC) |
