Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 158, Issue 11, Pages 3378-3384Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.031
Keywords
Monoethylmercury; Occurrence; Soil; Everglades; Isotope tracer
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Funding
- US EPA
- National Park Service
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection [CA H5297-05-008]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20621703, 20890111, 20828008]
- FIU Graduate School
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A few studies have reported the occurrence of monoethylmercury (CH3CH2Hg+) in the natural environment. but further verification is needed due to the lack of direct evidence and/or uncertainty in analytical procedures. Various analytical techniques were employed to verify the occurrence of CH3CH2Hg+ in soil of the Florida Everglades The identity of CH3CH2Hg+ in Everglades soil was clarified, for the first time, by GC/MS. The employment of the recently developed aqueous phenylanon-purge-and-trap-GC coupled with ICPMS confirmed that the detected CH3CH2Hg+ was not a misidentification of CH3SHg+. Stable Isotope-tracer experiments further indicated that the detected CH3CH2Hg+ indeed originated from Everglades soil and was not an analytical artifact All these evidence clearly confirmed the occurrence of CH3CH2Hg+ in Everglades soil, presumably as a consequence of ethylation occurring in this wetland The prevalence of CH3CH2Hg+ in Everglades soil suggests that ethylation could play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling of Hg (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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