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Methylmercury degradation and exposure pathways in streams and wetlands impacted by historical mining

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15/10/2016
Author
Donovan, Patrick M.
Blum, Joel D.
Singer, Michael Bliss
Marvin-DiPasquale, Mark
Tsui, Martin T. K.
Keywords
Mercury stable isotopes
Cache Creek
Yolo Bypass
Sediment
Benthic macroinvertebrates
GE Environmental Sciences
NDAS
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Abstract
Monomethyl mercury (MMHg) and total mercury (THg) concentrations and Hg stable isotope ratios (δ202Hg and Δ199Hg) were measured in sediment and aquatic organisms from Cache Creek (California Coast Range) and Yolo Bypass (Sacramento Valley). Cache Creek sediment had a large range in THg (87 to 3870 ng/g) and δ202Hg (− 1.69 to − 0.20‰) reflecting the heterogeneity of Hg mining sources in sediment. The δ202Hg of Yolo Bypass wetland sediment suggests a mixture of high and low THg sediment sources. Relationships between %MMHg (the percent ratio of MMHg to THg) and Hg isotope values (δ202Hg and Δ199Hg) in fish and macroinvertebrates were used to identify and estimate the isotopic composition of MMHg. Deviation from linear relationships was found between %MMHg and Hg isotope values, which is indicative of the bioaccumulation of isotopically distinct pools of MMHg. The isotopic composition of pre-photodegraded MMHg (i.e., subtracting fractionation from photochemical reactions) was estimated and contrasting relationships were observed between the estimated δ202Hg of pre-photodegraded MMHg and sediment IHg. Cache Creek had mass dependent fractionation (MDF; δ202Hg) of at least − 0.4‰ whereas Yolo Bypass had MDF of + 0.2 to + 0.5‰. This result supports the hypothesis that Hg isotope fractionation between IHg and MMHg observed in rivers (− MDF) is unique compared to + MDF observed in non-flowing water environments such as wetlands, lakes, and the coastal ocean.
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Donovan , P M , Blum , J D , Singer , M B , Marvin-DiPasquale , M & Tsui , M T K 2016 , ' Methylmercury degradation and exposure pathways in streams and wetlands impacted by historical mining ' , Science of the Total Environment , vol. 568 , pp. 1192-1203 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.139
Publication
Science of the Total Environment
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.139
ISSN
0048-9697
Type
Journal article
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.139
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The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Science Foundation: EAR-1226741 (to M.B.S.) and EAR-1225630 (to J.D.B.).
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716308415#appd001
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10848

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