Historical interrelated variations of mercury and aquatic organic matter in lake sediment cores from a subarctic lake in Yukon, Canada: Further evidence toward the algal-mercury scavenging hypothesis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7684-7690

  Stern, G A ^a,b   Sanei, H ^c   Roach, P ^d   De La Ronde, J ^a   Outridge, P M ^b,e  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Government of Canada   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ALGAL PRODUCTIVITY; ALGAL-DERIVED ORGANIC MATTER; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH ARCTIC LAKES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE; SCAVENGING RATES; SUB-ARCTIC; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SCAVENGING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SCAVENGER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCHANT SHIP; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN;

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; COLD CLIMATE; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; YUKON TERRITORY;

CANADA; KUSAWA LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ALGAE;

EID: 70450044316     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902186s     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Outridge, P. M.; Stern, G. A.; Hamilton, P. B.; Percival, J. B.; McNeely, R.; Lockhart, W. L. Trace metal profiles in the varved sediment of an Arctic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2005, 69, 4881-4894.
2. Outridge, P. M.; Sanei, H.; Stern, G. A.; Hamilton, P. B.; Goodarzi, F. Evidence for control of mercury accumulation in sediments by variations of aquatic primary productivity in Canadian High Arctic lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007., 41, 5259-5265. (Pubitemid 47221741)
3. Stern, G. A.; Braekevelt, E.; Helm, P. A.; Bidleman, T. F.; Outridge, P. M.; Lockhart, W. L.; McNeely, R.; Rosenberg, B.; Ikonomou, M. G.; Hamilton, P. B.; Tomy, G. T.; Wilkinson, P.J. Modern and historical fluxes of halogenated organic contaminants to a lake in the Canadian Arctic, as determined from annually laminated sediment cores. Sci. Total Environ. 2005, 342, 223-243.
4. Kainz, M.; Lucotte, M.; Parrish, C. C. Relationships between organic matter composition and methyl mercury content of offshore and carbon-rich littoral sediments in an oligotrophic lake. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2003., 60, 888-896.
5. Mirlean, N.; Andrus, V. E.; Baisch, P. Mercury pollution sources in sediments of Patos lagoon estuary, Southern Brazil. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2003., 46, 331-334. (Pubitemid 36206618)
6. Sanei, H.; Goodarzi, F. Relationship between organic matter and mercury in recent lake sediment: The physical-geochemical aspects. Appl. Geochem. 2006., 21, 1900-1912. (Pubitemid 44635098)
7. Lowey, G. W. Sedimentary processes of Kusawa lake tourrent system, Yukon, Canada, as revealed by the September 16, 1982 flood event. Sediment. Geol. 2002., 151, 293-312.
8. Gilbert, R.; Desloges, J. R. The record of Glacial Lake Champagne in Kusawa lake, southwestern Yukon Territory. Can. J. Earth Sci. 2005, 42, 2127-2140.
9. Robbins, J. A. Geochemical and geophysical applications of radioactive lead. In The biochemistry of lead in the environment, Part A; Nriagu J., Ed.: Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1978, pp 285-393.
10. Wilkinson, P.; Simpson, S. L. Radiochemical analysis of Lake Winnipeg 99-990 cores 4 and 8. In Geological Survey of Canada Open File 4196,; Simpson, S. L., Thorleifson, L. H., Lewis, C. F. M., King, J. W., Eds.; Lake Winnipeg Project: Cruise Report and Scientific Results, 2003; p 91-119.
11. Lafargue E., Espitalité J., Marquis F., Pillot D. Rock-Eval 6 Applications in Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production and Soil Contamination Studies; Revue de L'institut Francais du Petrole 53, 1998; pp 421-437.
12. Espitalié, J.; Laporte, J.-L.; Madec, M.; Marquis, F.; Leplat, P.; Poulet, J.; Boutefeu, A. Methode rapide de caractéristique des roches mères, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution; Revue de l'Institut français du Pétrole, 1977; Vol 32, pp 23-42.
13. Wehlan, J. K.; Thompson-Rizer C. L. Chemical methods for assessing kerogen and protokerogen types and maturity. In Organic Geochemistry; Engel, Michael H. , Macko, Stephen A., Eds.; Plenum Press: New York, 1993; pp. 289-353.
14. Lockhart, W. L.; Wilkinson, P.; Billeck, B; N.; Danell, R. A.; Hunt, R. V.; Brunskill, G. J.; Delaronde, J; St. Louis, V. Fluxes of mercury to lake sediments in central and northern Canada inferred from dated sediment cores. Biogeochemistry 1998, 40, 163-173.
15. Lockhart, W. L.; Wilkinson, P.; Billeck, B. N.; Brunskill, G. J.; Hunt, R. V.; Wagemann, R. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and mercury in sediments from two isolated lakes in central and northern Canada. Water Sci. Technol. 1993, 28, 43-52. (Pubitemid 24111459)
16. Livingston, J. M.; Smith, D. G.; Froese, D. G.; Hygenholtz, C. H. Floodplain stratigraphy of the ice jam dominated middle Yukon River: a new approach to long-term flood frequency. Hydrol. Processes 2009, 23, 357-371.
17. Steffen, A. Mercury measurements at Alert. In Synopsis of Research Conducted under the 2006-2007 Northern Contaminants Program, Ottawa; Indian Affairs and Northern Development: Ottawa, 2007; pp 219-225, ISBN 978-0-662-46866-0.
18. Li, C.; Cornett, J.; Willie, S.; Lam, J. Mercury in Arctic air: The long-term trend. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 407, 2756-2759.
19. Muir, D. C.; Wang, X.; Yang, F.; Nguyen, N.; Jackson, T. A.; Evans, M. S.; Douglas, M.; Köck, G.; Lamoureux, S.; Pienitz, R.; Smol, J. P.; Vincent, W. F.; Dastoor, A. Spatial trends and historical deposition of mercury in eastern and northern Canada inferred from lake sediment cores. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43 4802-4809, DOI: 1021/es8035412.
20. Sanei, H.; Stasiuk, L. D.; Goodarzi, F. Petrological changes occurring in organic matter from lacustrine sediments during thermal alteration by Rock-Eval pyrolysis. Org. Geochem. 2005, 36, 1190-1203. (Pubitemid 40938510)
21. Tyson R. V. Sedimentary Organic Matter. In Organic Facies and Palynofacies; Chapmann and Hall: London,. 1995.
22. Tyson, R. V. Sedimentation rate, dilution, preservation and total organic carbon:someresults of a modeling study. Org. Geochem. 2001., 32, 333-339.
23. Witt, E. L.; Kolka, R. K.; Nater, E. A.; Wickmann, T. R. Forest fire effects on mercury deposition in the boreal forest. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009., 43, 1776-1782.
24. Sunderland, E. M.; Krabbenhoft, D. P.; Moreau, J. W.; Strode, S. A.; Landing, W. M. Mercury sources, distribution, and bioavailability in the North Pacific Ocean: Insights from data and models. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 2009, 23, 1-14.
25. Smol, J. P.; Wolfe, A. P.; Birks, H. J. B.; Douglas, M. S. V. Climate-driven regime shifts in the biological communities of arctic lakes. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2005., 102, 4397-4402.