Mercury Content in Central and Southern Adriatic Sea Sediments in Relation to Seafloor Geochemistry and Sedimentology
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Biogeochemistry and Sedimentology
4.1.1. Sediment Distribution
4.1.2. pH and Eh
4.1.3. Total Organic and Inorganic Carbon
4.1.4. Organic Matter
4.2. Mercury
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Availability: Sediment Samples are available from the authors. |
Sampling Area | Gran Size | Hg [mg/Kg d.w.] | Bibliography | |
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Average | Range (min–max) | |||
Northern Adriatic Sea | n.a. | 0.40 | 0.09–1.2 | [39] |
Central Adriatic Sea | n.a. | 0.10 | 0.02–0.25 | [39] |
Southern Adriatic Sea | n.a. | 0.10 | 0.07–0.42 | [39] |
Gulf of Trieste | n.a. | 5.24 | 0.10–23.30 | [18] |
Marano and Grado Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea) | n.a. | 4.07 | 0.13–6.58 | [19] |
Po river (Northern Adriatic Sea) | n.a. | 0.05 | 0.07–0.23 | [17] |
Rijeka harbour (Croatia) | n.a. | 2.50 | 0.1–8 | [40] |
Bakar Bay (Croatia) | n.a. | 0.45 | 0.3–0.7 | [41] |
Rijeka Bay (Croatia) | n.a. | 0.03 | n.a. | [40] |
Central Adriatic Sea | sand | 0.02 | 0.01–0.04 | This work |
silty sand | 0.02 | 0.01–0.02 | ||
clayey sand | 0.02 | 0.022–0.023 | ||
sandy silt | 0.02 | 0.026–0.021 | ||
clayey silt | 0.05 | 0.03–0.06 | ||
clay | 0.05 | 0.04–0.09 | ||
sandy clay | 0.04 | n.a. | ||
silty clay | 0.08 | 0.06–0.12 | ||
loam | 0.03 | 0.02–0.04 | ||
Southern Adriatic Sea | sand | 0.03 | 0.02 -0.04 | This work |
silty sand | n.a. | / | ||
clayey sand | 0.03 | 0.01–0.04 | ||
sandy silt | n.a. | / | ||
clayey silt | 0.04 | n.a. | ||
clay | 0.06 | 0.04–0.08 | ||
sandy clay | 0.05 | 0.03–0.1 | ||
silty clay | 0.06 | 0.02–0.12 | ||
loam | n.a. | / | ||
Limit value of Hg | / | 0.30 | / | [7] |
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Droghini, E.; Annibaldi, A.; Prezioso, E.; Tramontana, M.; Frapiccini, E.; De Marco, R.; Illuminati, S.; Truzzi, C.; Spagnoli, F. Mercury Content in Central and Southern Adriatic Sea Sediments in Relation to Seafloor Geochemistry and Sedimentology. Molecules 2019, 24, 4467. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24244467
Droghini E, Annibaldi A, Prezioso E, Tramontana M, Frapiccini E, De Marco R, Illuminati S, Truzzi C, Spagnoli F. Mercury Content in Central and Southern Adriatic Sea Sediments in Relation to Seafloor Geochemistry and Sedimentology. Molecules. 2019; 24(24):4467. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24244467
Chicago/Turabian StyleDroghini, Elisa, Anna Annibaldi, Emanuela Prezioso, Mario Tramontana, Emanuela Frapiccini, Rocco De Marco, Silvia Illuminati, Cristina Truzzi, and Federico Spagnoli. 2019. "Mercury Content in Central and Southern Adriatic Sea Sediments in Relation to Seafloor Geochemistry and Sedimentology" Molecules 24, no. 24: 4467. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24244467