Speciation of mercury in a fluid mud profile of a highly turbid macrotidal estuary (Gironde, France).

Leaf litter degradation in highly turbid transitional waters: preliminary results from litter-bag experiments in the Gironde Estuary

Strong gradient of benthic biogeochemical processes along a macrotidal 1 temperate estuary : focus on P and Si cycles 2 3

12 13 This study aims to investigate the role of spatial and temporal physical, biological and 14 biogeochemical gradients on sediment biogeochemistry along a macrotidal and Si-rich estuary. 15 Scanning and biogeochemical analyses were performed in the inner, mid and outer Aulne Estuary 16 (France) at four seasons. The inner estuary shows high diagenetic activity linked to fluid mud 17 dynamics...

Speciation and bioavailability of mercury in well-mixed estuarine sediments

Despite regulations controlling anthropogenic mercury sources in North America, high levels of mercury in coastal fish and shellfish are an ongoing problem in Maritime Canada and the Northeastern United States. This study presents sediment core data from a macrotidal estuary located at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy showing stratigraphic profiles of total and methylmercury concentrations and pot...

Mercury Levels in Selected Tissues of Blue Crab Thalamita prymna (Portunidae) from Musa Estuary, of the Persian Gulf

Content of mercury in hepatopancreas, muscle and exoskeleton of blue crab T. prymna from Musa estuary and their relationship with size of the organism and season were determined. Mean concentration of mercury in hepatopancreas, muscle and exoskeleton were 1.23, 0.61 and 0.41 µg/g dw, respectively. There was significant difference (p<0.05) in mercury levels depending on the sex with greater ...

Mercury speciation, reactivity, and bioavailability in a highly contaminated estuary, Berry's Creek, New Jersey Meadowlands.

Speciation and reactivity of mercury were examined in Berry's Creek estuary downstream of a highly mercury-contaminated U.S. EPA Superfund site during the summers of 2002 and 2003. Surface water samples from Berry's Creek estuary, its confluence with the Hackensack River, and upstream of that confluence were analyzed for total (THg), particulate (PHgT), and dissolved (DHg) mercury, total and pa...