Confounding effects of seasonality and anthropogenic river regulation on suspended particulate matter-driven mercury transport to coastal seas

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Liu, Xiaoquan

作者： Liu, Xiaoquan;Wang, Yingjun;Zhang, Qingzhe;Song, Yue;Cai, Yong;Liu, Chengbin;Li, Yanbin;Yin, Yongguang;Cai, Yong

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关键词： Mercury; River transport; SPM; Seasonality; Anthropogenic river regulation

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS （ 影响因子：13.6； 五年影响因子：12.7 ）

ISSN： 0304-3894

年卷期： 2024 年 469 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Riverine mercury (Hg) is mainly transported to coastal areas in suspended particulate matter (SPM)-bound form, posing a potential threat to human health. Water discharge and SPM characteristics in rivers vary naturally with seasonality and can also be arbitrarily disrupted by anthropogenic regulation events, but their effects on Hg transport remain unresolved. Aiming to understand the confounding effects of seasonality and anthropogenic river regulation on Hg and SPM transport, this study selected the highly sediment -laden Yellow River as a representative conduit. Significant variations in SPM concentrations (108 - 7097 mg/L) resulted in fluctuations in total mercury (THg, 3.79 - 111 ng/L) in river water corresponding to seasonality and anthropogenic water/ sediment regulation. Principal component analysis and structural equation model revealed that SPM was the essential factor controlling THg and particulate Hg (PHg) in river water. While SPM exhibited equilibrium state in the dry season, a net resuspension during the anthropogenic regulation and net deposition in the wet season demonstrated the impact of SPM dynamics on Hg distribution and transport to coastal regions. Combining water discharge, SPM, and Hg concentrations, a modified model was developed to quantify Hg flux (2256 kg), over 98% of which was in particulate phase.

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