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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
卷 35, 期 6, 页码 1386-1400出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3310
关键词
Mercury; Methylmercury; Industrial contamination; Stream; Stormflow
资金
- US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Program
Sediments and floodplain soils in the East Fork Poplar Creek watershed (Oak Ridge, TN, USA) are contaminated with high levels of mercury (Hg) from an industrial source at the headwaters. Although baseflow conditions have been monitored, concentrations of Hg and methylmercury (MeHg) during high-flow storm events, when the stream is more hydrologically connected to the floodplain, have yet to be assessed. The present study evaluated baseflow and event-driven Hg and MeHg dynamics in East Fork Poplar Creek, 5 km upstream of the confluence with Poplar Creek, to determine the importance of hydrology to in-stream concentrations and downstreamloads and to ascertain whether the dynamics are comparable to those of systems without an industrial Hg source. Particulate Hg and MeHg were positively correlated with discharge (r(2) = 0.64 and 0.58, respectively) and total suspended sediment (r(2) = 0.97 and 0.89, respectively), and dissolved Hg also increased with increasing flow (r(2) = 0.18) and was associated with increases in dissolved organic carbon (r(2) = 0.65), similar to the dynamics observed in uncontaminated systems. Dissolved MeHg decreased with increases in discharge (r(2) = 0.23) and was not related to dissolved organic carbon concentrations (p = 0.56), dynamics comparable to relatively uncontaminated watersheds with a small percentage of wetlands (<10%). Although stormflows exert a dominant control on particulate Hg, particulate MeHg, and dissolved Hg concentrations and loads, baseflows were associated with the highest dissolved MeHg concentration (0.38 ng/L) and represented the majority of the annual dissolved MeHg load. Published 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of SETAC. This article is a US Government work, and as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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