Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 81, Issue 1, Pages 282-288Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.054
Keywords
Mercury distribution; Coastal sediments; Mercury speciation; Modified BCR method; Hg in coastal sediment around India
Funding
- UGC
- CSIR
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) [PSC0106]
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This is the first study to describe distribution and speciation of Hg in coastal sediments from the central east coast of India. The concentrations of Hg in the studied sediments were found to be much lower than the Hg concentration recommended in coastal sediments by the United State Environmental Protection Agency and the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment for the protection of aquatic life. This study suggests that the interactions between Hg and coastal sediments are influenced by particle size (sand, silt and clay) of the sediments and the total organic carbon (TOC) content in the sediments. It was found that the coastal sediments from the central east coast of India could act as a sink for Hg. The availability of strong uncomplexed-Hg binding sites in the coastal sediments was observed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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