Distribution of Mercury in the Water-Suspended Matter-Bottom Sediments System of the Lake Onego Water Area
MINERALS(2022)
Abstract
This paper presents for the first time data on the lateral distribution of total mercury in the water-suspended matter-bottom sediments system for the entire water area of Lake Onego, the second largest lake in Europe. The patterns of the total mercury vertical distribution in two types of bottom sediments stratification, have been established. The total mercury content in the Lake Onego water averages 0.32 +/- 0.07 mu g/L. The most common form of mercury in water is dissolved+colloid, with the exception of water samples from the Kondopoga and Povenetsky Bays. In the material of the sedimentation traps, the mercury content is 0.5 +/- 0.3 mu g/g, and in the upper and lower parts of the bottom sediments section is 0.067 +/- 0.003 and 0.041 +/- 0.001 mu g/g, respectively. The paper considers the factors responsible for the mercury content increasing from the bottom sediments up through the sections. These factors include anthropogenic pollution, migration of Hg and its redeposition at the geochemical barrier together with Fe and Mn.
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Key words
mercury,Hg,bottom sediments,Lake Onego
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