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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3445-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3445-2021
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Research article |
| 10 Jun 2021
| 10 Jun 2021
Mercury mobility, colloid formation and methylation in a polluted Fluvisol as affected by manure application and flooding–draining cycle
Lorenz Gfeller
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Andrea Weber
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Isabelle Worms
Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, Department F.-A.
Forel for environmental and aquatic sciences, School of Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Uni Carl
Vogt, Bvd Carl-Vogt 66, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Vera I. Slaveykova
Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, Department F.-A.
Forel for environmental and aquatic sciences, School of Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Uni Carl
Vogt, Bvd Carl-Vogt 66, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Adrien Mestrot
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
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Short summary
Our incubation experiment shows that flooding of polluted floodplain soils may induce pulses of both mercury (Hg) and methylmercury to the soil solution and threaten downstream ecosystems. We demonstrate that mobilization of Hg bound to manganese oxides is a relevant process in organic-matter-poor soils. Addition of organic amendments accelerates this mobilization but also facilitates the formation of nanoparticulate Hg and the subsequent fixation of Hg from soil solution to the soil.
Our incubation experiment shows that flooding of polluted floodplain soils may induce pulses of...
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