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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 44, 期 16, 页码 6138-6143出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es1006934
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- U S National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs [0425562]
- Division Of Polar Programs
- Directorate For Geosciences [0425562] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Sunlight-induced decomposition is the principal sink for methylmercury (CH(3)He) in arctic Alaskan lakes and reduces its availability for accumulation in aquatic food webs However, the mechanistic chemistry of this process in natural waters is unknown We examined experimentally the mechanism of photochemical CH(3)Hg(+) decomposition in filter-sterilized epilimnetic waters of Toolik Lake in arctic Alaska (68 degrees 38'N, 149 degrees 36'W), a region illuminated by sunlight almost continuously during the summer. Results from in situ incubation tests indicate that CH(3)Hg(+) is not decomposed principally by either direct photolysis e, no degradation in reagent-grade water) or primary photochemical reactions with dissolved organic material The preeminent role of labile Fe and associated photochemically produced reactive oxygen species is implicated by tests that show 1) additions of Fe(III) to reagent-grade water enhance CH(3)Hg(+) photodecomposition, 2) strong complexation of ambient Fe(III) with desfernoxamine B inhibits the reaction in lake water, and 3) experimental additions of organic molecules that scavenge hydroxyl radicals specifically among reactive oxygen species (dimethylsulfoxide and formic acid) inhibit CH(3)Hg(+) degradation Lake-water dilution and Fe(III) addition experiments indicate that Fe is not the limiting reactant for CH(3)Hg(+) photodecomposition in Took Lake, which is consistent with prior results indicating that photon flux is a major control. These results demonstrate that CH(3)Hg(+) is decomposed in natural surface water by oxidants, apparently hydroxyl radical, generated from the photo-Fenton reaction
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