naa a22 4500 510754694 CHVBK 20180411083118.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0279-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0279-3 Environmental impact factors and mercury speciation in the sediment along Fujian and eastern Guangdong coasts [Elektronische Daten] [Yuanbiao Zhang, Yunlong Huo, Xiyao Liu, Weiming Kuang, Dongxing Yuan, Weidong Ji] Concentrations of total mercury (THg) and methyl mercury (MeHg) were determined for 32 surface sediments collected along the coastal line of Fujian Province and eastern Guangdong Province. The spatial distributions of THg and MeHg and their environmental impact factors were investigated. The average concentrations of THg and MeHg in the sediments were 31.5 ng/g and 0.096 ng/g, respectively. Both sediment THg and MeHg concentrations showed relatively high value in the Minjiang Estuary and the coastal areas of Quanzhou and Putian. The concentrations overall decreased as the distance to the shoreline increased. The correlations among environmental impact factors and THg, MeHg were analyzed. The sediment THg concentration was highly correlated to the concentrations of organic matter, copper, total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP), and significantly correlated to pH value of the bottom seawater and concentration of sediment sulfide. The sediment MeHg concentration was highly correlated to the concentrations of organic matter and copper, and significant correlated to the concentrations of sulfide, TN, TP and pH value of the bottom seawater. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 mercury nationallicence methyl mercury nationallicence coastal area nationallicence sediment nationallicence speciation nationallicence Zhang Yuanbiao State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Huo Yunlong Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Liu Xiyao State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Kuang Weiming Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Yuan Dongxing State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Ji Weidong Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/2(2013-02-01), 76-80 0253-505X 32:2<76 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0279-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0279-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Yuanbiao State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huo Yunlong Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Xiyao State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kuang Weiming Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yuan Dongxing State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ji Weidong Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/2(2013-02-01), 76-80 0253-505X 32:2<76 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer