Hg(II) Adsorption by Bacteria:  A Surface Complexation Model and Its Application to Shallow Acidic Lakes and Wetlands in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 1546 - 1553
• Main Authors: Daughney, Christopher J, Siciliano, Steven D, Rencz, Andrew N, Lean, David, Fortin, Danielle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.04.2002
• Subjects: Adsorption; Applied sciences; Bacillus subtilis; Bacillus subtilis - chemistry; Bacteria; Biological and physicochemical phenomena; Canada, Nova Scotia; Cell Membrane; Chemicals; Colloids; Continental surface waters; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Ecosystems; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Forecasting; Freshwater; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lakes; Mercury - chemistry; Mercury - pharmacokinetics; National parks; Natural water pollution; Organic Chemicals; Pollution; Pollution, environment geology; Solubility; surface complexation models; Water Pollutants - pharmacokinetics; Water treatment and pollution; Wetlands; Canada; North America; America; Nova Scotia Canada; Canada, Nova Scotia, Kejimkujik Natl. Park; Bacillus subtilis; Pollutant behavior; Mercury II; Surface complexation model; Bacillaceae; Forecast model; Shallow water; Modeling; Heavy metal; Biogeochemistry; Bacillales; Adsorption; Surface water; Lakes; Bacteria; Phase partition; Water pollution; Performance; Wetland; Colloid particle

The fate and environmental threat posed by mercury in aquatic systems is controlled, in part, by the transport of Hg(II) from oxic to anoxic zones in lakes and its subsequent transformation to organic mercury. The transport of Hg(II) in aquatic systems can be affected by its partitioning between the...