Influence of bioturbation by Hediste diversicolor on mercury fluxes from estuarine sediments: A mesocosms laboratory experiment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Cardoso, P G ^a   Lillebo A I ^b   Lopes, C B ^b   Pereira, E ^b   Duarte, A C ^b   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Estuarine sediments; Hediste diversicolor; Mercury remobilisation; Mesocosms experiment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BIOTURBATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLORS; MERCURY FLUXES; MERCURY REMOBILISATION; MESOCOSMS EXPERIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOTURBATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MESOCOSM; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; REMOBILIZATION; TOXICITY TEST; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BIOTURBATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; POLYCHAETA; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR;

EID: 38949104382     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Belzunce-Segarra M.J., Bacon J.R., Prego R., and Wilson M.J. Chemical forms of heavy metals in surface sediments of the San Simon Inlet, Ria de Vigo, Galicia. Journal of Environmental Science Health 32 (1997) 1271-1292
2. Benoit J.M., Shull D.H., Robinson P., and Ucran L.R. Infaunal burrow densities and sediment monomethyl mercury distributions in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Marine Chemistry 102 (2006) 124-133
3. Caetano M., Madureira M.J., and Vale C. Metal remobilisation during resuspension of anoxic contaminated sediment: short-term laboratory study. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 143 (2003) 23-40
4. Canário J., Vale C., Caetano M., and Madureira M.J. Mercury in contaminated sediments and pore waters enriched in sulphate (Tagus estuary, Portugal). Environmental Pollution 126 (2003) 425-433
5. Canário J., and Vale C. Rapid release of mercury from intertidal sediments exposed to solar radiation: a field experiment. Environmental Science Technology 38 (2004) 3901-3907
6. Cardoso P.G., Bankovic M., Raffaelli D., and Pardal M.A. Polychaetes as indicators of habitat recovery in a temperate estuary under eutrophication. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 71 (2007) 301-308
7. Coelho J.P., Pereira M.E., Duarte A., and Pardal M.A. Macroalgae response to a mercury contamination gradient in a temperate coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 65 (2005) 492-500
8. Duchêne J.-C., and Rosenberg R. Marine benthic faunal activity patterns on a sediment surface assessed by video numerical tracking. Marine Ecology Progress Series 223 (2001) 113-119
9. François F., Gerino M., Stora G., Durbec J.-P., and Poggiale J.-C. Functional approach to sediment reworking by gallery-forming macrobenthic organisms: modeling and application with the polychaete Nereis diversicolor. Marine Ecology Progress Series 229 (2002) 127-136
10. Gilbert F., Stora G., and Bonin P. Influence of bioturbation on denitrification activity in Mediterranean coastal sediments: an in situ experimental approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 163 (1998) 99-107
11. Hoogstraten van R.J., and Nolting R.F. Trace and major elements in sediments and in porewaters from the North Western basin of the Mediterranean Sea. NlOZ Rapport 10 (1991) 1-72
12. Kennish M.J. Environmental threats and environmental future of estuaries. Environmental Conservation 29 (2002) 78-107
13. Kim E.H., Mason R.P., Porter E.T., and Soulen H.L. The effect of resuspension on the fate of total mercury and methylmercury in a shallow estuarine ecosystem: a mesocosm study. Marine Chemistry 86 (2004) 121-137
14. Langston W.J., Burt G.R., and Pope N.D. Bioavailability of metals in sediments of the Dogger Bank (Central North Sea): a mesocosm study. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 48 (1999) 519-540
15. Mermillod-Blondin F., Rosenberg R., François-Carcaillet F., Norling K., and Mauclaire L. Influence of bioturbation by three benthic infaunal species on microbial communities and biogeochemical processes in marine sediment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 36 (2004) 271-284
16. Michaud E., Desrosiers G., Mermillod-Blondin F., Sundby B., and Stora G. The functional group approach to bioturbation: the effects of biodiffusers and gallery-diffusers of the Macoma balthica community on sediment oxygen uptake. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology Ecology 326 (2005) 77-88
17. Michaud E., Desrosiers G., Mermillod-Blondin F., Sundby B., and Stora G. The functional group approach to bioturbation: the effects of the Macoma balthica community on fluxes of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon across the sediment-water interface. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology Ecology 337 (2006) 178-189
18. Millward G.E., and Liu Y.P. Modelling metal desorption kinetics in estuaries. The Science of the Total Environment (2003) 613-623
19. Monterroso P., Pato P., Pereira M.E., Millward G.E., Vale C., and Duarte A. Metal-contaminated sediments in a semi-closed basin: implications for recovery. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 71 (2007) 148-158
20. Mortimer R.J.G., Davey J.T., Krom M.D., Watson P.G., Frickers P.E., and Clifton R.J. The effect of macrofauna on porewater profiles and nutrient fluxes in the intertidal zone of the Humber estuary. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 48 (1999) 683-699
21. Mucci A., Lucotte M., Montgomery S., Plourde Y., Pichet P., and Tra H.V. Mercury remobilisation from flooded soils in a hydroelectric reservoir of northern Quebec, La Grande-2: results of a soil resuspension experiment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 52 (1995) 2507-2517
22. Mucha A.P., Vasconcelos M.T.S.D., and Bordalo A.A. Vertical distribution of the macrobenthic community and its relationships to trace metals and natural sediment characteristics in the Douro estuary, Portugal. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 59 (2004) 663-673
23. Pereira, M.E., 1996. Distribuiçao, reactividade e transporte do mercúrio na Ria de Aveiro. PhD thesis. University of Aveiro, 284 pp.
24. Pereira M.E., Duarte A.C., Millward G.E., Abreu S.N., and Vale C. Tidal export of particulate mercury from the most contaminated area of the Lagoon of Aveiro (Portugal). Water Science and Technology 37 (1998) 125-130
25. Pereira E., Abreu S.N., Coelho J.P., Lopes C.B., Pardal M.A., Vale C., and Duarte A.C. Seasonal fluctuations of tissue mercury contents in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas from low and high contamination areas (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal). Marine Pollution Bulletin 52 (2006) 1450-1457
26. Prego R., and Cobelo-Garcia A. Twentieth century overview of heavy metals in the Galician Rias (NW Iberian Peni{dotless}́nsula). Environmental Pollution 121 (2003) 425-452
27. Ramalhosa E., Pato P., Monterroso P., Pereira E., Vale C., and Duarte A. Accumulation versus remobilisation of mercury in sediments of a contaminated lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52 (2006) 332-356
28. Rantala R.T.T., and Loring D.H. A Rapid Determination of 10 Elements in Marine Suspended Particulate Matter by Atomic Absorption. Atomic Absorption News 16 (1977) 51-52
29. Rigollet V., Sfriso A., Marcomini A., and De Casabianca M.L. Seasonal evolution of heavy metal concentrations in the surface sediments of two Mediterranean Zostera marina L. beds at Thau lagoon (France) and Venice lagoon (Italy). Bioresource Technology 95 (2004) 159-167
30. Turner A. Trace metal contamination in sediments from UK estuaries: an experimental evaluation of the role of hydrous iron and manganese oxides. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 50 (2000) 355-371
31. Turner A., Millward G.E., and Morris A.W. Particulate metals in five major North Sea estuaries. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 32 (1991) 325-346
32. Zar J. Biostatistical Analysis. third ed. (1996), Prentice-Hall International, Upper Saddle River, NJ
33. Zorn M.I., Van Gestel C.A.M., and Eijsackers H. The effect of Lumbricus rubellus and Lumbricus terrestris on zinc distribution and availability in artificial soil columns. Biology and Fertility of Soils 41 (2005) 212-215
34. Zorn M.I., Van Gestel C.A.M., and Eijsackers H. The effect of two endogeic earthworm species on zinc distribution and availability in artificial soil columns. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37 (2005) 917-925