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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 50, 期 20, 页码 10843-10850出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01538
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Program
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC05-000R22725]
- DOE Public Access Plan
Mercury (Hg) methylation and methylmercury (MMHg) demethylation activity of periphyton biofilms from the industrially contaminated East Fork Poplar Creek, Tennessee (EFPC) were measured during 2014-2016 using stable Hg isotopic rate assays. Hg-201(II) and (MMHg)-Hg-202 were added to intact periphyton samples in ambient streamwater and the formation of (MMHg)-Hg-201 and loss of (MMHg)-Hg-202, were monitored over time and used to calculate first-order rate potentials for methylation arid demethylation. The influences of location, temperature/season, light exposure and biofilm structure on methylation and demethylation potentials were examined. Between-site differences in net methylation for samples collected from an upstream versus downstream location were driven by differences in the demethylation rate potential (k(d)). In contrast, the within-site temperature-dependent difference in net methylation was driven by changes in the methylation rate potential. (k(m)). Samples incubated in the dark had lower net methylation due to lower k(m) values than those incubated in the light. Disrupting the biofilm structure decreased k(m) and resulted in lower net methylation. Overall, the measured rates resulted in a net excess of MMHg generated which could account for 3.71-7.88 mg d(-1) MMHg flux in EFPC and suggests intact, actively photosynthesizing periphyton biofilms harbor zones of MMHg production.
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