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  • Title: Spatial variation, fractionation and sedimentary records of mercury in the East China Sea.
    Author: Duan LQ, Song JM, Yu Y, Yuan HM, Li XG, Li N.
    Journal: Mar Pollut Bull; 2015 Dec 15; 101(1):434-441. PubMed ID: 26475021.
    Abstract:
    Surface and core sediments were collected to study distributions, phases and potential environmental risk of Hg and to reconstruct anthropogenic Hg change over the past one hundred years in the East China Sea (ECS). Hg contents in surface sediments displayed a decreasing gradient from the Changjiang Estuary to the outer sea. Sequential extraction analysis showed that Hg mainly existed as residual fraction (70.18% of total), and while organic matter fraction (22.96% of total) was the main component of labile fraction, indicating the strong adsorption of organic matters on Hg. Enrichment factor and sediment quality guidelines suggested that Hg in sediments of ECS were at minor enrichment and low adverse effect. Temporal distributions of total Hg content, labile fraction, burial flux and anthropogenic Hg flux showed that anthropogenic Hg input increased since the 1960s, which was related to riverine input and atmospheric transport.
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