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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: The circadian clock controls behavior and metabolism in various organisms. However, the exact timing and strength of rhythmic phenotypes can vary significantly between individuals of the same species. This is highly relevant for rhythmically complex marine environments where organismal rhythmic diversity likely permits the occupation of different microenvironments. When investigating circadian locomotor behavior of Platynereis dumerilii, a model system for marine molecular chronobiology, we found strain-specific, high variability between individual worms. The individual patterns were maintained for several weeks. A diel head transcriptome comparison of behaviorally rhythmic versus arrhythmic wild-type worms showed that 24-h cycling of core circadian clock transcripts is identical between both behavioral phenotypes. While behaviorally arrhythmic worms showed a similar total number of cycling transcripts compared to their behaviorally rhythmic counterparts, the annotation categories of their transcripts, however, differed substantially. Consistent with their locomotor phenotype, behaviorally rhythmic worms exhibit an enrichment of cycling transcripts related to neuronal/behavioral processes. In contrast, behaviorally arrhythmic worms showed significantly increased diel cycling for metabolism- and physiology-related transcripts. The prominent role of the neuropeptide pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) in Drosophila circadian behavior prompted us to test for a possible functional involvement of Platynereis pdf. Differing from its role in Drosophila, loss of pdf impacts overall activity levels but shows only indirect effects on rhythmicity. Our results show that individuals arrhythmic in a given process can show increased rhythmicity in others. Across the Platynereis population, rhythmic phenotypes exist as a continuum, with no distinct “boundaries” between rhythmicity and arrhythmicity. We suggest that such diel rhythm breadth is an important biodiversity resource enabling the species to quickly adapt to heterogeneous or changing marine environments. In times of massive sequencing, our work also emphasizes the importance of time series and functional tests.
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
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  • 2
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    Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Departamento de Biologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais.
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: Streams, small rivers, are endowed with exclusive energetic dynamics: decomposition of allochthonous material, and formation of microhabitats and ecotones between aquatic communities and riparian vegetation. Regarding this input of organic matter, aquatic fungi make up most of the biomass of organic matter decomposers, they are biomineralizers of foliar nutrients and through decomposition link the matter to the entire trophic network. Aquatic fungi are a polyphyletic group adapted to this environment, and have different taxonomic levels grouped together. These microorganisms are the target of ecological studies due to their important, still their spatial distribution still lacks elucidation, as well as the influence of limnological on biotic parameters. The fungal communities, composition and beta diversity, were investigated in this study separated into two approaches: i) the beta diversity of aquatic fungi in streams under different land uses; ii) the nesting of fungal eDNA sequences in a protected area and an impacted area. The biotic data were obtained from leaf mixes, and represent the biodiversity of the aquatic FUNGA present in streams of the Atlantic Forest, being pioneering studies for the subtropical region. Furthermore, the results may contribute as a basis for future studies within the mycology of aquatic environments. Approach I, in a taxonomic approach, demonstrated fungal diversity in presence of ambiental heterogeneity. Approach II, through metabarcoding, demonstrates the sensitivity of the use of genomic databases in ecological analyses. The results presented here reinforce the need for management and conservation plans for riparian vegetation, which forms the aquatic microecosystem, used by fungi for their decomposition and other ecosystem functions.
    Description: Os riachos, rios de pequena ordem, são dotados de dinâmicas energéticas exclusivas: formação de microhabitats, formação de ecótonos entre comunidades aquáticas e vegetação ripária, e a decomposição deste material alóctone. A respeito deste input de matéria orgânica, os fungos aquáticos compõem a maior parte da biomassa de decompositores de matéria orgânica e atuam como biomineralizadores dos nutrientes foliares ao disponibilizarem à toda rede trófica. Os fungos aquáticos são um grupo polifilético de fungos adaptados a este ambiente, e apresentam diferentes níveis taxonômicos agrupados. Estes microrganismos são alvo de estudos ecológicos devido a sua importância, sua distribuição espacial ainda carece de esclarecimentos, bem como a influência dos parâmetros limnológicos sobre os bióticos. As comunidades fúngicas, composição e beta diversidade, foram investigadas neste estudo separado em duas abordagens: i) a beta diversidade de fungos aquáticos em riachos sob diferentes usos da terra; ii) o aninhamento de sequências de eDNA fúngico em uma área protegida e outra antropizada. Os dados bióticos foram obtidos de mixes de folhas, e representam a biodiversidade da funga aquática dos riachos da Mata Atlântica, sendo estudos pioneiros para a região subtropical. Ademais, as abordagens dispõem de resultados que podem contribuir como base para futuros estudos dentro da micologia de ambientes aquáticos. A primeira abordagem, taxonômica, demonstrou a diversidade fúngica na presença de heterogeneidade ambiental. A segunda abordagem, através do metabarcoding, demonstra a sensibilidade do uso de banco de dados genômicos em análises ecológicas. Os resultados aqui obtidos indicam a necessidade de planos de manejo e conservação da vegetação ripária, que forma o microecossistema aquático, utilizado por fungos para sua decomposição e demais funções ecossistêmicas.
    Description: Masters
    Keywords: Hyphomycetes aquáticos (Fungos conidiais) ; Microrganismos aquáticos ; Diversidade ; Sinecologia ; Riachos subtropicais ; ASFA_2015::F::Freshwater ecology ; ASFA_2015::M::Microorganisms ; ASFA_2015::C::Communities (ecological) ; ASFA_2015::S::Streams ; ASFA_2015::S::Synecology ; ASFA_2015::S::Species diversity
    Repository Name: AquaDocs
    Type: Thesis/Dissertation
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  • 3
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    Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Departamento de Biologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais.
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: Environmental changes occur at a global level and are enhanced by human activities, with significant impacts on natural ecosystems by affecting the temperature, nutrient load and input of organic debris in freshwater bodies or aquatic systems. In the first section, we investigated the impacts of increased temperature, nutrient input, predation by fish and a reduction in organic detritus on the community of testate amoebae, rotifers and periphytic cladocerans over 49 experimental days. The second section analyzed the effects of increased temperature, nutrient input and reduced organic detritus on the testate amoeba community during 160 experimental days. The experiments were carried out in mesocosms with three temperature conditions: control (referring to the ambient temperature), constant increase of +4°C and fluctuation between 2°C and 6°C above the control, with and without enrichment by nitrogen and phosphorus, and reduction of organic detritus, controlled by previous additions of this detritus. In relation to the results of the first section, the density of the groups analyzed was significantly impacted by the increase in temperature, while the other stressors explored in this work did not represent a significant influence on the abundance of the communities. As for community composition, the presence of nutrients had a more predominant impact on community structure, although specific species distribution patterns were not identified. For the second section, it was evident that warming resulted in a reduction in species diversity (demonstrated by the Shannon index), with a tendency for species richness to decrease in the face of this stressor. On the other hand, nutrient enrichment was responsible for an increase in richness, with time being a relevant factor in this context. As for changes in community density, nutrients and time emerged as the main factors influencing these changes. Analysis of species diversity using the Shannon index revealed greater diversity in the temperature control treatments, with time exerting a significant influence on community structure throughout the experiment. For species composition, the βtotal diversity analysis highlighted the importance of temperature, presence of detritus and time. The βrepl and βrich components were notably affected by temperature and time, indicating changes in species identity.
    Description: Alterações ambientais ocorrem em níveis globais e são potencializadas por atividades humanas, apresentando impactos expressivos nos ecossistemas naturais ao afetar a temperatura, a carga de nutrientes e o aporte de detritos orgânicos dos corpos de água doce/ ou sistemas aquáticos. Deste modo, investigou-se os impactos do aumento de temperatura, da entrada de nutrientes, da predação por peixes e da redução de detritos orgânicos na comunidade de amebas testáceas, rotíferos e cladóceros perifíticos por 49 dias experimentais. Analisou-se os efeitos do aumento da temperatura, aporte de nutrientes e diminuição de detritos orgânicos na comunidade de amebas testáceas durante 160 dias experimentais. Os experimentos foram realizados em mesocosmos com três condições de temperatura: controle (referente à temperatura ambiente), aumento constante de +4°C e flutuação entre 2°C e 6°C acima do controle, com e sem enriquecimento por nitrogênio e fósforo, e redução de detritos orgânicos, controlado por adições prévias deste detrito. Em relação aos resultados, a densidade dos grupos analisados foi significativamente impactada pelo aumento da temperatura, enquanto os demais estressores explorados neste trabalho não representaram uma influência significativa para a abundância das comunidades. Quanto à composição das comunidades, a presença de nutrientes teve um impacto de maior predominância na estrutura da comunidade, embora padrões específicos de distribuição de espécies não tenham sido identificados. Em evidência, destaca-se que o aquecimento resultou na redução da diversidade de espécies (demonstrada pelo índice de Shannon), com tendência de diminuição da riqueza de espécies frente a este estressor. Em contrapartida, o enriquecimento por nutrientes foi responsável pelo aumento da riqueza, sendo o tempo um fator relevante nesse contexto. Quanto às alterações na densidade da comunidade, os fatores nutrientes e tempo emergiram como os principais influenciadores dessas mudanças. A análise da diversidade de espécies utilizando o índice de Shannon, revelou maiores diversidades nos tratamentos com temperatura controle, com o tempo exercendo uma influência significativa na estrutura da comunidade ao longo do experimento. Para a composição das espécies, a análise de diversidade βtotal destacou a importância da temperatura, presença de detritos e tempo. Os componentes βrepl e βrich foram notavelmente afetados por temperatura e tempo, indicando mudanças na identidade das espécies.
    Description: Masters
    Keywords: Microrganismos aquáticos de água doce ; Microfauna de água doce ; Ecossistemas de água doce ; Bioindicadores ; Mudanças climáticas ; Impactos ambientais ; Mesocosmos ; ASFA_2015::F::Freshwater ecology ; ASFA_2015::E::Ecosystems ; ASFA_2015::B::Bioindicators ; ASFA_2015::C::Climatic changes ; ASFA_2015::E::Environmental impact ; ASFA_2015::M::Mesocosms ; ASFA_2015::M::Microfauna ; ASFA_2015::M::Microorganisms
    Repository Name: AquaDocs
    Type: Thesis/Dissertation
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  • 4
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    Naturalis Biodiversity Center
    In:  Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi vol. 45, pp. 46-67
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: Strains with a yeast-like appearance were frequently collected in two surveys on the biodiversity of fungi in Germany, either associated with necroses in wood of Prunus trees in orchards in Saxony, Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg or captured in spore traps mounted on grapevine shoots in a vineyard in Rhineland-Palatinate. The morphology of the strains was reminiscent of the genus Collophorina: all strains produced aseptate conidia on integrated conidiogenous cells directly on hyphae, on discrete phialides, adelophialides and by microcyclic conidiation, while in some strains additionally endoconidia or conidia in conidiomata were observed. Blastn searches with the ITS region placed the strains in the Leotiomycetes close to Collophorina spp. Analyses based on morphological and multi-locus sequence data (LSU, ITS, EF-1α, GAPDH) revealed that the 152 isolates from wood of Prunus spp. belong to five species including C. paarla, C. africana and three new species. A further ten isolates from spore traps belonged to seven new species, of which one was isolated from Prunus wood as well. However, a comparison with both LSU and ITS sequence data of these collophorina-like species with reference sequences from further Leotiomycetes revealed the genus Collophorina to be polyphyletic and the strains to pertain to several genera within the Phacidiales. Collophorina paarla and C. euphorbiae are transferred to the newly erected genera Pallidophorina and Ramoconidiophora, respectively. The new genera Capturomyces, Variabilispora and Vexillomyces are erected to accommodate five new species isolated from spore traps. In total nine species were recognised as new to science and described as Collophorina badensis, C. germanica, C. neorubra, Capturomyces funiculosus, Ca. luteus, Tympanis inflata, Variabilispora flava, Vexillomyces palatinus and V. verruculosus.
    Keywords: Ecology ; Evolution ; Behavior and Systematics ; Collophora ; morphology ; multi-locus phylogeny ; new taxa ; species diversity ; systematics
    Repository Name: National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: Ambrosia beetles farm specialised fungi in sapwood tunnels and use pocket-like organs called mycangia to carry propagules of the fungal cultivars. Ambrosia fungi selectively grow in mycangia, which is central to the symbiosis, but the history of coevolution between fungal cultivars and mycangia is poorly understood. The fungal family Ceratocystidaceae previously included three ambrosial genera (Ambrosiella, Meredithiella, and Phialophoropsis), each farmed by one of three distantly related tribes of ambrosia beetles with unique and relatively large mycangium types. Studies on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary histories of these three genera were expanded with the previously unstudied ambrosia fungi associated with a fourth mycangium type, that of the tribe Scolytoplatypodini. Using ITS rDNA barcoding and a concatenated dataset of six loci (28S rDNA, 18S rDNA, tef1-α, tub, mcm7, and rpl1), a comprehensive phylogeny of the family Ceratocystidaceae was developed, including Inodoromyces interjectus gen. & sp. nov., a non-ambrosial species that is closely related to the family. Three minor morphological variants of the pronotal disk mycangium of the Scolytoplatypodini were associated with ambrosia fungi in three respective clades of Ceratocystidaceae: Wolfgangiella gen. nov., Toshionella gen. nov., and Ambrosiella remansi sp. nov. Closely-related species that are not symbionts of ambrosia beetles are accommodated by Catunica adiposa gen. & comb. nov. and Solaloca norvegica gen. & comb. nov. The divergent morphology of the ambrosial genera and their phylogenetic placement among non-ambrosial genera suggest three domestication events in the Ceratocystidaceae. Estimated divergence dates for the ambrosia fungi and mycangia suggest that Scolytoplatypodini mycangia may have been the first to acquire Ceratocystidaceae symbionts and other ambrosial fungal genera emerged shortly after the evolution of new mycangium types. There is no evidence of reversion to a non-ambrosial lifestyle in the mycangial symbionts.
    Keywords: Ecology ; Evolution ; Behavior and Systematics ; 14 new taxa ; Microascales ; Scolytinae ; symbiosis ; two new typifications
    Repository Name: National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
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  • 6
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    Naturalis Biodiversity Center
    In:  Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi vol. 45, pp. 101-131
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: Plantation-grown Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) and other trees residing in the Myrtales have been widely planted in southern China. These fungal pathogens include species of Cryphonectriaceae that are well-known to cause stem and branch canker disease on Myrtales trees. During recent disease surveys in southern China, sporocarps with typical characteristics of Cryphonectriaceae were observed on the surfaces of cankers on the stems and branches of Myrtales trees. In this study, a total of 164 Cryphonectriaceae isolates were identified based on comparisons of DNA sequences of the partial conserved nuclear large subunit (LSU) ribosomal DNA, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions including the 5.8S gene of the ribosomal DNA operon, two regions of the β-tubulin (tub2/tub1) gene, and the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1) gene region, as well as their morphological characteristics. The results showed that eight species reside in four genera of Cryphonectriaceae occurring on the genera Eucalyptus, Melastoma (Melastomataceae), Psidium (Myrtaceae), Syzygium (Myrtaceae), and Terminalia (Combretaceae) in Myrtales. These fungal species include Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis, Celoporthe syzygii, Cel. eucalypti, Cel. guangdongensis, Cel. cerciana, a new genus and two new species, as well as one new species of Aurifilum. These new taxa are hereby described as Parvosmorbus gen. nov., Par. eucalypti sp. nov., Par. guangdongensis sp. nov., and Aurifilum terminali sp. nov. Pathogenicity tests showed that the eight species of Cryphonectriaceae are pathogenic to two Eucalyptus hybrid seedlings, Melastoma sanguineum branches, and Psidium guajava and Syzygium jambos seedlings. The overall data showed that Chr. deuterocubensis is the most aggressive, followed by Par. eucalypti. Significant differences in tolerance were observed between the two tested Eucalyptus hybrid genotypes, suggesting that disease-tolerant genotypes can be selected for disease management in the Eucalyptus industry.
    Keywords: Ecology ; Evolution ; Behavior and Systematics ; Eucalyptus ; fungal pathogen ; host jump ; Myrtaceae ; new taxa ; plantation forestry
    Repository Name: National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
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  • 7
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    In:  Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi vol. 44, pp. 161-205
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: We present a multilocus phylogeny of the class Dacrymycetes, based on data from the 18S, ITS, 28S, RPB1, RPB2, TEF-1α, 12S, and ATP6 DNAregions, with c. 90 species including the types of most currently accepted genera. A variety of methodological approaches was used to infer phylogenetic relationships among the Dacrymycetes, from a supermatrix strategy using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference on a concatenated dataset, to coalescence-based calculations, such as quartet-based summary methods of independent single-locus trees, and Bayesian integration of single-locus trees into a species tree under the multispecies coalescent. We evaluate for the first time the taxonomic usefulness of some cytological phenotypic characters, i.e., vacuolar contents (vacuolar bodies and lipid bodies), number of nuclei of recently discharged basidiospores, and pigments, with especial emphasis on carotenoids. These characters, along with several others traditionally used for the taxonomy of this group (basidium shape, presence and morphology of clamp connections, morphology of the terminal cells of cortical/ marginal hyphae, presence and degree of ramification of the hyphidia), are mapped on the resulting phylogenies and their evolution through the class Dacrymycetes discussed. Our analyses reveal five lineages that putatively represent five different families, four of which are accepted and named. Three out of these four lineages correspond to previously circumscribed and published families (Cerinomycetaceae, Dacrymycetaceae, and Unilacrymaceae), and one is proposed as the new family Dacryonaemataceae. Provisionally, only a single order, Dacrymycetales, is accepted within the class. Furthermore, the systematics of the two smallest families, Dacryonaemataceae and Unilacrymaceae, are investigated to the species level, using coalescence-based species delimitation on multilocus DNAdata, and a detailed morphological study including morphometric analyses of the basidiospores. Three species are accepted in Dacryonaema, the type, Da. rufum, the newly combined Da. macnabbii (basionym Dacrymyces macnabbii), and a new species named Da. macrosporum. Two species are accepted in Unilacryma, the new U. bispora, and the type, U. unispora, the latter treated in a broad sense pending improved sampling across the Holarctic
    Keywords: Ecology ; Evolution ; Behavior and Systematics ; Carotenoids ; coalescence analyses ; cytology ; Dacrymycetes ; Dacryonaema ; species delimitations ; Unilacryma
    Repository Name: National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: A geochemical survey of thermal waters collected from submarine vents at Panarea Island (Aeolian Islands, southern Italy) was carried out from December 2002 to March 2007, in order to investigate i) the geochemical processes controlling the chemical composition of the hydrothermal fluids and ii) the possible relations between the chemical features of the hydrothermal reservoir and the activity of the magmatic system. Compositional data of the thermal water samples were integrated in a hydrological conceptual model, which describes the formation of the vent fluid by mixing of seawater, seawater concentrated by boiling, and a deep, highly-saline end-member, whose composition is regulated by water-rock interactions at relatively high temperature and shows clear clues of magmatic-related inputs. The chemical composition of concentrated seawater was assumed to be represented by that of the water sample having the highest Mg content. The composition of the deep end-member was instead calculated by extrapolation assuming a zero-Mg end-member. The Na–K–Ca geothermometer, when applied to the thermal end-member composition, indicated an equilibrium temperature of approximately 300 °C, a temperature in agreement with the results obtained by gas-geothermometry.
    Description: Published
    Description: 246-254
    Description: 3V. Proprietà chimico-fisiche dei magmi e dei prodotti vulcanici
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: reserved
    Keywords: low-pH waters; shallow submarine hydrothermal springs; Panarea Island ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: The Hellenic subduction region displays the same precursory swarm phenomenon as has been found in comparable regions of New Zealand and Japan. In the earthquake catalogue of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 10 past sequences of precursory swarms and related major mainshock events have been identified. These correlate, in respect of location, magnitude and time, with the 9 sequences previously identified in New Zealand, and 9 in Japan, bringing the total of sequences to 28, and the totals of related events (allowing for clustering) to 56 precursory swarms and 42 mainshock events. The results add strength to the hypothesis that swarms are long-range predictors of mainshock events. A close similarity between the swarm and aftershock magnitudes in a given sequence is also confirmed in Greece, supporting the proposal that swarms are an integral part of the seismogenic process in subduction regions. Further, the modelling of swarms as part of an overall increase in seismicity, the onset of which marks the onset of seismogenesis, is well illustrated from past sequences in Greece. Formal tests are being carried out in Greece, in parallel with New Zealand and Japan, to ascertain the performance of the hypothesis as a basis for long-range synoptic forecasting.
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: open
    Keywords: precursors swarm ; seismogenesis ; earthquake prediction ; Hellenic arc ; 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.03. Earthquake source and dynamics ; 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.02. Seismological data
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: EnCana’s CO2 injection EOR project at Weyburn (Saskatchewan, Canada) is the focal point of a multi-faceted research program, sponsored by IEA GHG R&D and numerous international industrial and government partners including the European Community (BGS, BRGM, INGV and GEUS research providers), to find co-optimization of “CO2-EOR Production” and “CO2 -Geological Storage”, addressed to environmental purposes, in the frame of the Kyoto Agreement Policies. The Weyburn oil-pull is recovered from Midale Beds (at the depth of 1300-1500 m). This formation consists of Mississipian shallow marine carbonate-evaporites that can be subdivided into two units: i) the dolomitic “Marly” and ii) the underlying calcitic “Vuggy”, sealed by an anhydrite cap. Presently, around 3 billions mc of supercritical CO2 have been injected into the “Phase A1”injection area that includes around 90 oil producers, 30 water injectors and 30 CO2 injection wells, build up since September 2000. INGV has carried out a geochemical monitoring programme -approximately thrice yearly from pre-injection (“Baseline” trip, August 2000) to September 2004- performing trace element and dissolved gas analysis along with fluids sampling surveys, the latter being performed by the Canadian partners. The experimental data are the base of a geochemical modelling, i.e. the main goal of the present study. In the past, assumptions and gap-acceptance have been made in the literature in the frame of the geochemical modelling of CO2 geological storage, in order to reconstruct the reservoir conditions (pressure, pH and boundary conditions). As these parameters of deep fluids cannot be measured in-situ, all this information must be computed by a a posteriori procedure involving the analytical data. In this work we proposed an approach to geochemical modeling in order to:: i) reconstruct the in-situ reservoir chemical composition (including pH) and ii) evaluate the boundary conditions (e.g. pCO2, pH2S), necessary to implement the reaction path modelling. This is the starting point to assess the geochemical impact of CO2 into the oil reservoir and, as main target, to quantify water-gas-rock reactions. Our geochemical modelling procedure is based on the available data such as: a) bulk mineralogy of the Marly and Vuggy zones; b) average gas-cap composition and c) pre-and post-CO2 injection selected water samples from Midale Beds. The PRHEEQC (V2.11) Software Package was used to reconstruct the in-situ reservoir composition by calculating the chemical equilibrium among the various phases at reservoir temperature (60°C) and pressure (150 bars) conditions by suitable thermodynamic corrections to code database. Then, we identified possible compositions of the initially reservoir liquid phases, always taking into account the case histories of the Marly and Vuggy units. The inverse modelling simulation (IMS) was then performed in order to calculate the amounts of mass transfer of liquid, gas and solid phases that accounted for changes in the water chemistry between the 2000 and 2003 data-sets. IMS calculations suggest that the reservoir underwent mineralogical changes, such as precipitation of chalcedony, gypsum and kaolinite and dissolution of anhydrite and k-feldspar. Calcite dissolution is predicted, but the precipitation of others carbonates (dolomite, dawsonite and siderite) can also occur. Finally, we modelled the geochemical impact of CO2 injection on Weyburn reservoir subjected to both local equilibrium and kinetically controlled reactions. All experimental data and thermo-kinetic modeling of the evolution of the CO2-rich Weyburn brine interacting with host rock minerals performed over 100 years after injection confirm that “solubility trapping” is prevailing in this early stage of CO2 injection. Further and detailed studies on the evolution of the CO2-rich Weyburn brine is one of main aims of this study in the framework of a PhD programme between the INGV of Rome and the Department of Earth Sciences of Florence.
    Description: Published
    Description: Berkeley, California
    Description: 2.4. TTC - Laboratori di geochimica dei fluidi
    Description: open
    Keywords: Geochemical Modeling CO2 Capture and Storage ; Weyburn Field CO2-EOR ; 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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