Reduced sulfur accumulation in salinised sediments

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-206

  Whitworth, Kerry L ^a,b   Baldwin, Darren S ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

acid sulfate soils; salt; sulfate reduction; sulfur speciation; wetland

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ACID SULFATE SOIL; CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC CARBON; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; SULFUR; WETLAND;

EID: 79955612527     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN10103     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. F. Ghassemi,A. J. Jakeman, H. A. Nix, Salinisation of Land and Water Resources: Human Causes, Extent, Management and Case Studies 1995 (CABI Publishing: Wallingford, UK).
2. I. D. Jolly, K. L. McEwan, K. L. Holland, A review of groundwatersurface water interactions in arid/semi-arid wetlands and the consequences of salinity for wetland ecology. Ecohydrology 2008, 1, 43. doi:10.1002/ECO.6
3. UNESCO Water for People, Water for Life 2003 (UNESCO Publishing, Berghahn Books: New York).
4. A. L. Herczeg, S. S. Dogramaci, F. W. J. Leaney, Origin of dissolved salts in a large, semi-arid groundwater system: Murray Basin, Australia. Mar. Freshwater Res. 2001, 52, 41. doi:10.1071/ MF00040
5. M. Holmer, P. Storkholm, Sulphate reduction and sulphur cycling in lake sediments: a review. Freshw. Biol. 2001, 46, 431. doi:10.1046/ J.1365-2427.2001.00687.X
6. D. L. Nielsen, M. A. Brock, G. N. Rees, D. S. Baldwin, Effects of increasing salinity on freshwater ecosystems in Australia. Aust. J. Bot. 2003, 51, 655. doi:10.1071/BT02115 (Pubitemid 38106366)
7. K. C. Hall, D. S. Baldwin, G. N. Rees, A. J. Richardson, Distribution of inland wetlands with sulfidic sediments in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Sci. Total Environ. 2006, 370, 235. doi:10.1016/J.SCITO TENV.2006.07.019
8. S. Lamontagne, W. S. Hicks, R. W. Fitzpatrick, S. Rogers, Sulfidic materials in dryland river wetlands. Mar. Freshwater Res. 2006, 57, 775. doi:10.1071/MF06057 (Pubitemid 44870733)
9. R. M. Joeckel, B. J. A. Clement, Soils, surficial geology, and geomicrobiology of saline-sodic wetlands, North Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA. Catena 2005, 61, 63. doi:10.1016/J.CATENA.2004. 12.006
10. F. E. Dierberg, T. A. DeBusk, N. R. Larson, M. D. Kharbanda, N. Chan, M. C. Gabriel, Effects of sulfate amendments on mineralization and phosphorus release from south Florida (USA) wetland soils under anaerobic conditions. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2011, 43, 31. doi:10.1016/J.SOILBIO.2010.09.006
11. L. P. M. Lamers, G. E. Ten Dolle, S. T. G. Van den Berg, S. P. J. Van Delft, J. G. M. Roelofs, Differential responses of freshwater wetland soils to sulphate pollution. Biogeochemistry 2001, 55, 87. doi:10.1023/A:1010629319168 (Pubitemid 32773892)
12. S. G. Johnston, P. G. Slavich, L. A. Sullivan, P. Hirst, Artificial drainage of floodwaters from sulfidic backswamps: effects on deoxygenation in an Australian estuary. Mar. Freshwater Res. 2003, 54, 781. doi:10.1071/MF02016 (Pubitemid 37506920)
13. E. D. Burton, R. T. Bush, L. A. Sullivan, Acid-volatile sulfide oxidation in coastal flood plain drains: iron-sulfur cycling and effects on water quality. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 1217. doi:10.1021/ ES0520058
14. F. Glover, K. L. Whitworth, P. Kappen, D. S. Baldwin, G. N. Rees, J. A. Webb, E. Silvester, Acidification and buffering mechanisms in acid sulfate soil wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45, 2591. doi:10.1021/ES103535K
15. B. McCarthy, A. Conallin, P. D'Santos, D. Baldwin, Acidification, salinization and fish kills at an inland wetland in south-eastern Australia following partial drying. Ecol. Manage. Restor. 2006, 7, 218. doi:10.1111/J.1442-8903.2006.312-1.X (Pubitemid 44704362)
16. S. L. Simpson, R. W. Fitzpatrick, P. Shand, B. M. Angel, D. A. Spadaro, L. Mosley, Climate-driven mobilisation of acid and metals from acid sulfate soils. Mar. Freshwater Res. 2010, 61, 129. doi:10.1071/MF09066
17. S. J. Appleyard, J. Angeloni, R. Watkins, Arsenic-rich groundwater in an urban area experiencing drought and increasing population density, Perth, Australia. Appl. Geochem. 2006, 21, 83. doi:10.1016/J.APGEO CHEM.2005.09.008
18. D. S. Baldwin, M. Fraser, Rehabilitation options for inland waterways impacted by sulfidic sediments - a synthesis. J. Environ. Manage. 2009, 91, 311. doi:10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2009.09.006
19. A. S. Kinsela, J. K. Reynolds, M. D. Melville, Agricultural acid sulfate soils: a potential source of volatile sulfur compounds? Environ. Chem. 2007, 4, 18. doi:10.1071/EN06071
20. W. Hicks, S. Lamontange, A Guide to Sulfur Gas Emissions from Wetlands and Disposal Basins: Implications for Salinity Management 2006, CSIRO Land and Water Scientific Report 37-06 (CSIRO: Canberra).
21. F. Widdel, Microbiology and ecology of sulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacteria, in Biology of Anaerobic Microorganisms (Ed. A. J. B. Zehnder) 1998, pp. 469-585 (Wiley: New York).
22. A. J. Pyzik, S. E. Sommer, Sedimentary iron monosulfides - kinetics and mechanism of formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1981, 45, 687. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(81)90042-9
23. J. A. Howitt, D. S. Baldwin, G. N. Rees, J. L. Williams, Modelling blackwater: predicting water quality during flooding of lowland river forests. Ecol. Modell. 2007, 203, 229. doi:10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL. 2006.11.017
24. APHA Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 21st edn 2005 (American Public Health Association: Washington, DC).
25. D. Rickard, J. W. Morse, Acid volatile sulfide (AVS). Mar. Chem. 2005, 97, 141. doi:10.1016/J.MARCHEM.2005.08.004 (Pubitemid 41573692)
26. Y. P. Hsieh, S. W. Chung, Y. J. Tsau, C. T. Sue, Analysis of sulfides in the presence of ferric minerals by diffusion methods. Chem. Geol. 2002, 182, 195. doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(01)00282-0 (Pubitemid 34213124)
27. E. D. Burton, R. T. Bush, L. A. Sullivan, R. K. Hocking, D. R. G. Mitchell, S. G. Johnston, R. W. Fitzpatrick, M. Raven, S. McClure, L. Y. Jang, Iron-monosulfide oxidation in natural sediments: resolving microbially mediated S transformations using XANES, electron microscopy, and selective extractions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 3128. doi:10.1021/ES8036548
28. E. Henneke, G. W. LutherIII, G. J. de Lange, J. Hoefs, Sulphur speciation in anoxic hypersaline sediments from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1997, 61, 307. doi:10.1016/ S0016-7037(96)00355-9
29. S. S. Dogramaci, A. L. Herczeg, S. L. Schiff, Y. Bone, Controls on d34S and d18O of dissolved sulfate in aquifers of the Murray Basin, Australia and their use as indicators of flow processes. Appl. Geochem. 2001, 16, 475. doi:10.1016/S0883-2927(00)00052-4
30. N. MacKay, T. Hillman, J. Rolls, Water Quality of the River Murray 1988 (Murray Darling Basin Commission: Canberra).
31. M. F. Kirk, E. E. Roden, L. J. Crossey, A. J. Brearley, M. N. Spilde, Experimental analysis of arsenic precipitation during microbial sulfate and iron reduction in model aquifer sediment reactors. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2010, 74, 2538. doi:10.1016/J.GCA. 2010.02.002
32. J. P. Werne, T. W. Lyons, D. J. Hollander, M. J. Formolo, J. S. S. Damste, Reduced sulfur in euxinic sediments of the Cariaco Basin: sulfur isotope constraints on organic sulfur formation. Chem. Geol. 2003, 195, 159. doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00393-5 (Pubitemid 36413302)
33. D. Rickard, G. W. Luther, Kinetics of pyrite formation by the H2S oxidation of iron(II) monosulfide in aqueous solutions between 25 and 1258C: the mechanism. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1997, 61, 135. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(96) 00322-5
34. E. D. Burton, R. T. Bush, L. A. Sullivan, Reduced inorganic sulfur speciation in drain sediments from acid sulfate soil landscapes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 888. doi:10.1021/ES0516763 (Pubitemid 43222176)
35. G. N. Rees, D. S. Baldwin, G. O. Watson, K. C. Hall, Sulfide formation in freshwater sediments, by sulfate-reducing microorganisms with diverse tolerance to salt. Sci. Total Environ. 2010, 409, 134. doi:10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2010.08. 062
36. S. W. Poulton, M. D. Krom, R. Raiswell, A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals towards dissolved sulfide. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2004, 68, 3703. doi:10.1016/J.GCA. 2004.03.012
37. B. Thamdrup, H. Fossing, B. B. Jørgensen, Manganese, iron, and sulfur cycling in a coastal marine sediment, Aarhus Bay, Denmark. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1994, 58, 5115. doi:10.1016/0016-7037 (94)90298-4
38. 4production infreshwater ecosystems: implications for N and S cycling. Ecosystems 2008, 11, 908. doi:10.1007/S10021-008-9169-5
39. S. Hunger, L. G. Benning, Greigite: a true intermediate on the polysulfide pathway to pyrite. Geochem. Trans. 2007, 8, 1. doi:10.1186/ 1467-4866-8-1
40. A. Vairavamurthy, K. Mopper, Geochemical formation of organosulfur compounds (thiols) by addition of H2S to sedimentary organicmatter. Nature 1987, 329, 623. doi:10.1038/329623A0
41. M. E. L. Kohnen, J. S. S. Damsté, H. L. ten Haven, J. W. de Leeuw, Early incorporation of polysulfides in sedimentary organic-matter. Nature 1989, 341, 640. doi:10.1038/341640A0 (Pubitemid 20398616)
42. J. P. Werne, T. W. Lyons, D. J. Hollander, S. Schouten, E. C. Hopmans, J. S. S. Damsté, Investigating pathways of diagenetic organic matter sulfurization using compound-specific sulfur isotope analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2008, 72, 3489. doi:10.1016/ J.GCA.2008.04.033
43. A. Amrani, Z. Aizenshtat, Reaction of polysulfide anions with alpha, beta, unsaturated isoprenoid aldehydes in aquatic media: simulation of oceanic conditions. Org. Geochem. 2004, 35, 909. doi:10.1016/ J.ORGGEOCHEM.2004.04.002
44. A. L. Bates, E. C. Spiker, P. G. Hatcher, S. A. Stout, V. C. Weintraub, Sulfur geochemistry of organic-rich sediments from Mud Lake, Florida, USA. Chem. Geol. 1995, 121, 245. doi:10.1016/0009-2541 (94)00122-O
45. J. W. M. Rudd, C. A. Kelly, A. Furutani, The role of sulfate reduction in long-term accumulation of organic and inorganic sulfur in lakesediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1986, 31, 1281. doi:10.4319/LO.1986. 31.6.1281
46. M. Dornblaser, A. E. Giblin, B. Fry, B. J. Peterson, Effects of sulfate concentration in the overlying water on sulfate reduction and sulfur storage in lake-sediments. Biogeochemistry 1994, 24, 129. doi:10.1007/BF00003269
47. E. D. Burton, R. T. Bush, L. A. Sullivan, Sedimentary iron geochemistry in acidic waterways associated with coastal lowland acid sulfate soils. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2006, 70, 5455. doi:10.1016/ J.GCA.2006.08.016
48. L. Sullivan, R. T. Bush, D. Fyfe, Acid sulfate soil drain ooze: distribution, behaviour and implications for acidification and deoxygenation of waterways, in Acid Sulfate Soils in Australia and China (Eds C. Lin, M. D. Melville, L. A. Sullivan) 2002, pp. 91-99 (Science Press: Beijing).