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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 71, Issue 14, Pages 3393-3406Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.032
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Porewater samples were obtained on five occasions during spring, summer and fall by in situ dialysis from three sites of a large freshwater wetland situated along the St. Lawrence River. These samples were analysed for total dissolved mercury ([Hg](T)) and methylmercury ([MeHg]) concentrations and for complementary variables including dissolved sulfate, sulfide and elemental sulfur concentrations. Sediment cores were obtained on three occasions from one of these sites for the determination of total mercury ({Hg)(T)) and methylmercury ((MeHg)) concentration as well as mercury methyltransferase (HgMT) activity profiles. 1 MeHg and HgMT activity varied with time and sediment depth. The porewater [Hg](T) and [MeHg] depth profiles varied with time and among sites. Modeling the porewater [MeHg] profiles with a one-dimensional reactiontransport equation allowed identification of the sediment depths where MeHg is produced or consumed, as well as an estimate of the net in situ MeHg production rates in the sediments. The model-predicted depths of MeHg production, as well as the sulfate concentration and the HgMT activity depth distributions are all consistent with the involvement of sulfate reducing bacteria in the production of MeHg. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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