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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 185, Issue 5, Pages 4207-4220Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2862-z
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Trace elements; DET; DGT; Sediment; Pore water; Benthic fluxes; Songkhla Lake
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- Prince of Songkla University
- Marine and Coastal Resources Institute [COR530212S]
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The techniques of diffusive equilibrium in thin films (DET) and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) were used in the outer section of Songkhla Lake, Thailand in order to obtain high-resolution profiles of total dissolved and labile trace metals in the sediment pore water and investigate benthic fluxes. Six DET probes and six DGT probes were deployed at the mouths of the Phawong, Samrong and U-Taphao canals. A close correspondence could be observed between the high-resolution profiles of Fe and As, revealing a close link between the reductive remobilization of Fe oxides and the reduction of As(V). Co and Ni DGT profiles showed a close correspondence with Mn, but a narrow mobilization zone. Reductive mobilization of Mn oxides and associated metals and sulfide precipitation control the behaviour of these metals. The DGT profiles of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb show surface maximum, probably linked to organic matter degradation. Important benthic fluxes, especially for As, were found at the mouths of the U-Taphao and Phawong canals.
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