HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION AND SPECIATION IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA |
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Authors: | Cristina Zago Gabriele Capodaglio Carlo Barbante Michele Giani Ivo Moret Giuseppe Scarponi Paolo Cescon |
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Affiliation: | a Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali, Universita' Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy.b Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare, ICRAM, Chioggia (VE), Italy.c Facolta' di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Universita' di Ancona, Italy. |
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Abstract: | In the present study the concentrations of cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, zinc were analysed and the speciation of copper and zinc performed, with a summer and winter sampling, for two areas in the Northern Adriatic Sea and crossing at the farthest zones of the Po river-sea water interface. Results show that when salinity increases the concentrations of all investigated metals (with the exception of cobalt) present some degree of biogeochemical cycling. Copper is the element whose dissolved phase has the highest importance in metal transport across the salinity gradient. Results of speciation analysis demonstrate that the presence of excess amounts (5-8 fold) of unbound ligands confers a buffering capacity for potential inputs of dissolved metals into the Northern Adriatic Sea. The speciation of both copper and zinc in the dissolved phase was dominated by organic complexation. |
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Keywords: | Heavy Metals Distribution Adriatic Sea |
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