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Title: | Methylmercury Modulation in Amazon Rivers Linked to Basin Characteristics and Seasonal Flood-Pulse |
Authors: | Kasper, Daniele Forsberg, Bruce Rider Amaral, João Henrique Fernandes Py-Daniel, Sarah S. Bastos, Wanderley Rodrigues Malm, Olaf |
Keywords: | Mercury Compounds Rivers Wetlands Amazon River Basin Characteristics Demethylation Flooded Areas Lower Correlation Methyl Mercury Poorly Drained Soils Sampling Site Floods Dissolved Oxygen Methyl Mercury Methylmercury Derivative Adsorption Concentration (composition) Discharge Flood Methylation Methyl Mercury Seasonal Variation Wetland Absorption Amazonas Catchment Comparative Study Concentration (parameters) Degradation Demethylation Environmental Impact Floodplain Modulation River Basin Seasonal Variation Surface Water Hydrology Water Sampling Environmental Monitoring Flooding River Season Water Pollutant Amazon Basin Amazonas Rio Negro Basin Solimoes Basin Environmental Monitoring Floods Methylmercury Compounds Rivers Seasons Water Pollutants, Chemical |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Environmental Science and Technology |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 51, Número 24, Pags. 14182-14191 |
Abstract: | We investigated the impact of the seasonal inundation of wetlands on methylmercury (MeHg) concentration dynamics in the Amazon river system. We sampled 38 sites along the Solimões/Amazon and Negro rivers and their tributaries during distinct phases of the annual flood-pulse. MeHg dynamics in both basins was contrasted to provide insight into the factors controlling export of MeHg to the Amazon system. The export of MeHg by rivers was substantially higher during high-water in both basins since elevated MeHg concentrations and discharge occurred during this time. MeHg concentration was positively correlated to %flooded area upstream of the sampling site in the Solimões/Amazon Basin with the best correlation obtained using 100 km buffers instead of whole basin areas. The lower correlations obtained with the whole basin apparently reflected variable losses of MeHg exported from upstream wetlands due to demethylation, absorption, deposition, and degradation before reaching the sampling site. A similar correlation between %flooded area and MeHg concentrations was not observed in the Negro Basin probably due to the variable export of MeHg from poorly drained soils that are abundant in this basin but not consistently flooded. © 2017 American Chemical Society. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1021/acs.est.7b04374 |
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