Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 96, Issue 1-2, Pages 136-148Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.037
Keywords
Mercury; Speciation; Deep water profiles; Sediments; Mass balance; Adriatic Sea
Funding
- European Commission 5th framework programme [EVK3-2002-00070]
- National Research Council of Italy
- Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
- Slovenian Research Agency in the framework of the research programme Cycling of substances in the environment, mass balances, modelling of environmental processes and risk assessment [P1-0143]
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Mercury and its speciation were studied in surface and deep waters of the Adriatic Sea. Several mercury species (i.e. DGM - dissolved gaseous Hg, RHg - reactive Hg, THg - total Hg, MeHg - monomethyl Hg and DMeHg - dimethylmercury) together with other water parameters were measured in coastal and open sea deep water profiles. THg concentrations in the water column, as well as in sediments and pore waters, were the highest in the northern, most polluted part of the Adriatic Sea as the consequence of Hg mining in Idrija and the heavy industry of northern Italy. Certain profiles in the South Adriatic Pit exhibit an increase of DGM just over the bottom due to its diffusion from sediment as a consequence of microbial and/or tectonic activity. Furthermore, a Hg mass balance for the Adriatic Sea was calculated based on measurements and literature data. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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