A mechanism for bimodal emission of gaseous mercury from aquatic macrophytes
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We performed intensive sampling campaigns of Hg fluxes over emergent macrophytes in the Florida Everglades to find a surrogate for Hg fluxes from water and vegetation to identify the mechanisms of emission. We measured daytime lacunal and sediment gas concentrations of Hg, which suggested that the lacunal space acts as temporary storage for Hg and CH4. The absence of detectable Hg fluxes measured over uprooted (floating) plants and sediment incubation experiments suggest that the Hg emitted from emergent macrophytes such as Typha and Cladium originates in the sediment. HgII in the rhizosphere is reduced to Hg in these sediments by various processes, and is then transported by the plants to the atmosphere by two separate processes. At night, Hg and CH4 formed in the sediment accumulate in the lacunal space after crossing the root-sediment barrier. At sunrise, a form of pressurized through-flow purges the lacunal space of Typha into the atmosphere forming an early morning emission pulse for both gases, and coincidental peaks of CH4 and Hg 0 suggest that the same lacunal gas transport mechanism is involved. Later in the day while the release of methane continues to deplete the lacunal pool, the Hg flux increases again to form a second peak in the afternoon when the CH4 emission has decreased. This peak parallels that of transpiration, and is presumably due to xylem transport of Hg from continued production of Hg in the rhizosphere, perhaps in response to release of root exudates. A mass balance for this 1500ha wetland suggested that the total transpiration of Hg is 1kgyr , or 20 times the amount evaded from the water surface. r 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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