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Dynamic mercury methylation and demethylation in oligotrophic marine water
Kathleen M. Munson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139,
USA
current address: Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
Carl H. Lamborg
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
current address: Ocean Sciences Department, University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Rene M. Boiteau
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139,
USA
current address: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999,
MSIN: 58-98, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Mak A. Saito
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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Methylmercury accumulates in marine organisms and is produced by bacterial processes in sediment systems. To date, the contribution of these processes to the marine water column is poorly understood. We measured noncellular production and breakdown of methylmercury in equatorial Pacific waters. We observed enhanced production in filtered waters that suggests noncellular processes result in rapid mercury transformations and, in turn, control methylmercury concentrations in the open ocean.
Methylmercury accumulates in marine organisms and is produced by bacterial processes in sediment...
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