Profiles of dissolved gaseous mercury concentration in the Mediterranean seawater

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作者
Ferrara, R
Ceccarini, C
Lanzillotta, E
Gårdfeldt, K
Sommar, J
Horvat, M
Logar, M
Fajon, V
Kotnik, J
机构
[1] CNR, Inst Biophys, Area Ric, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[2] Gothenburg Univ, Dept Chem, S-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
[3] Jozef Stefan Inst, Dept Environm Sci, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
关键词
dissolved gaseous mercury; seawater; Mediterranean Sea;
D O I
10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00248-6
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Profiles of dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM) concentration were systematically measured on a wide geographical scale for the first time in the Mediterranean basin during the international oceanographic cruise MED-OCEANOR on board the R/V Urania of the National Research Council of Italy from 14 July to 10 August 2000. Generally, DGM levels increase from the surface to the first hundred meters and remain constant down to the bottom, suggesting that DGM is produced not only in surface water via photo-induced reactions, but also in deep water as a consequence of bacterial activity, even if it is not possible to exclude a contribution of the geothermal activity at the bottom. The Western Mediterranean basin resulted to be characterised by an average DGM concentration value (0.088pM) in surface water, lower than that observed in the Eastern basin (0.211 pM). (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:S85 / S92
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