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| Muresan, B; Cossa, Daniel; Coquery, M; Richard, S. |
| The distribution, partition and speciation of mercury (Hg) were studied along the redox gradient of an anthropogenically perturbed tropical estuary, the Sinnamary Estuary in French Guiana. This system is a partially mixed estuary characterized by an anoxic freshwater end-member, while the marine end member consists of the Amazon Plume. The set up of an artificial oxygenation system in the anoxic freshwater end-member generates sharp gradients of major chemical species (iron, sulfides, etc.) coupled with intense organic matter (OM) turnover. The coexistence of oxygenated waters and dissolved sulfides in an organic rich environment depicts the Upper Sinnamary Estuary (USE: part of Sinnamary Estuary under the tidal influence but upstream of the salt... |
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Palavras-chave: Partitioning; Speciation; Redox; Mercury; Reservoir; Estuary. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4223.pdf |
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| Muresan, B; Cossa, Daniel; Richard, Sophie; Dominique, Y. |
| The distribution and speciation of mercury (Hg) in the water column, the inputs (wet deposition and tributaries) and the outputs (atmospheric evasion and outlet) of an artificial partially anoxic tropical lake (Petit-Sa-Lit reservoir, French Guiana) were investigated oil a seasonal basis in order to appraise the cycling and transformations of this metal. The total mercury (HgT) concentrations in the oxygenated epilimnetic waters averaged 5 +/- 3 pmol L-1 in the unfiltered samples (HgTUNF) and 4 +/- 2 pmol L-1 in the dissolved (HgTD) phase (< 0.45 mu m). On average, the monomethylmercury (MMHg) constituted 8%, 40%, and 18% of the HgT in the dissolved phase, tile particulate suspended matter and in tile unfiltered samples, respectively. Covariant elevated... |
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Palavras-chave: Tropical environment; Artificial reservoir; Methylmercury; Mercury. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4198.pdf |
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