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Transport Dynamics of Mercury in Rainfall-runoff After Summer Drought in a Small Agricultural Watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, ISSN: 1432-0800, Vol: 102, Issue: 5, Page: 679-685
2019
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The objective of this study was to investigate the transport dynamics of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in the first rainfall-runoff event after summer drought, to understand flushing effects (FFEs) and to quantificationally estimate contributions to the annual outputs of Hg. The results showed that both THg and MeHg in rainfall-runoff predominated by particulate fraction peaked at the beginning of the monitoring period. On average, more than 80% of THg and MeHg loadings were transported during the initial runoff (≤ 6 h). Simultaneously, significant FFEs were observed for both THg and MeHg, with a larger effect for MeHg. More importantly, the estimated output fluxes of THg and MeHg in runoff produced by this rainfall event contributed 3.0% (THg) and 7.8% (MeHg) to the annual output fluxes, respectively, suggesting the importance of the first-rainfall on the Hg loss (especially for MeHg).

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