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table 10.3
Monomethylmercury Concentrations and Fluxes for Estuary, Coastal and Deep Sea Sediments and Associated Pore Waters
Sediment
MMHg
(ng g
1
, dry
weight)
% Hg as
MMHg
in solid
phase
% Hg as
MMHg
in pore
water
Pore water
MMHg
(ng L
1
)
MMHg
benthic fl ux
(ng m
2
day
1
)
Location
References
Venice Lagoon
(Italy)
0.3-3.0
0.01-0.4
0.05-15
0.3-60
Bloom et al., 2004a,
2004b; Han et al.,
2007
Pialassa Baiona
Lagoon (Italy)
0.13-45
0.01-0.3
Trombini et al.,
2003
Grado Lagoon
(Italy)
1-22
0.001-0.2
0.9-7.9
0.15-15
2-1490
Covelli et al., 2008
Gulf of Trieste
(Italy/Slovenia)
0.1-10.4
4-58
105-2370
Covelli et al., 1999
Isonzo River
Estuary and
Gulf of Trieste
(Italy/Slovenia)
0.1-60
0.01-1.0
0.1-25
0.5-
100
Hines et al., 2000,
2006
Krka estuary
(Croatia)
0.4-3.0
0.1-2.7
Kwokal et al., 2002
Kaštela Bay
(Croatia)
2.0-37
0.04-1.4
Kwokal et al., 2002;
Mikac et al., 1985
Loire estuary
(France)
0.05-0.3
0.05-0.3
Coquery et al., 1997
Adour River
Estuary
(France)
0.5-8.0
0 -1.8
Stoichev et al., 2004
Thau Lagoon
(France)
0.8-2.8
0.02-0.8
0.02-0.5
3-15
0.9
a
Muresan et al., 2007
Seine Estuary
(France)
0.1-6.0
0.1-2.0
2-10
1-5
Mikac et al., 1999;
Ouddane et al.,
2008
Tagus Estuary
(Portugal)
0.3-200
0.01-18
Canário et al., 2005,
2007a, 2007b
Lagoon of
Bizerte
(Tunisia)
0.1-3.1
0.01-5.8
Mzoughi et al.,
2002
Southwest
England
estuaries
0.4-4.0
0.03-4.5
Craig and Moreton,
1986
Clyde River
Estuary
(Scotland)
0.5-17
0.4-7.2
Craig and Moreton,
1986
Mersey River
Estuary
(England)
0.5-24
0.03-3.0
Craig and Moreton,
1986
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continued
)
