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Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1461-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1461-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Research article
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20 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2024

Above- and belowground plant mercury dynamics in a salt marsh estuary in Massachusetts, USA

Ting Wang, Buyun Du, Inke Forbrich, Jun Zhou, Joshua Polen, Elsie M. Sunderland, Prentiss H. Balcom, Celia Chen, and Daniel Obrist

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The strong seasonal increases of Hg in aboveground biomass during the growing season and the lack of changes observed after senescence in this salt marsh ecosystem suggest physiologically controlled Hg uptake pathways. The Hg sources found in marsh aboveground tissues originate from a mix of sources, unlike terrestrial ecosystems, where atmospheric GEM is the main source. Belowground plant tissues mostly take up Hg from soils. Overall, the salt marsh currently serves as a small net Hg sink.
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