Mercury (Hg) mobility and methylation based on Hg origin in some forest soils in Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F25%3A102361" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/25:102361 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-025-08530-w" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-025-08530-w</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08530-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11270-025-08530-w</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mercury (Hg) mobility and methylation based on Hg origin in some forest soils in Czech Republic

Original language description

The most important soil Hg fractions and species (total Hg, potentially mobilizable Hg and methyl Hg) from two mercury polluted sites with a historic pollution in Czech Republic were compared based on the origin of Hg and their speciation trough interaction with some of the soil properties. The first study site Libčice used to be a gold mine in the 19th and the first half of twentieth century. An amalgamation process has taken place at this location, therefore, Libčice site contains predominantly anthropogenic Hg which was introduced in Hg2+ form. The second study site Horni Luby was a cinnabar mine that was closed and reopened on multiple occasions in the period between sixteenth and nineteenth century. It contains both geogenic and anthropogenic Hg which was introduced in HgS form. Based on the total concentration of Hg both sites exceeding legislation limits (Libčice 0.10 to 36.2 mg kg-1 and Horni Luby 1.35 to 90.00 mg kg-1), these sites present a potential risk for environment and ecosystem functioning, including human health. Furthermore, results show the difference in mobility and methylation of Hg between the horizon type (organic or mineral), caused by the different origin of Hg. These conditions also revealed many different pathways of Hg methylation process occurring at each individual site.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000845" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000845: Centre for investigation of synthesis and transformation of nutritional substances in the food chain in interaction with potentially harmful substances of athropogenic origin: assessment of contamination risks for the quality of production</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Water Air and Soil Pollution

ISSN

0049-6979

e-ISSN

1573-2932

Volume of the periodical

236

Issue of the periodical within the volume

15

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

001589044100015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105018212885