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      CONCENTRACIÓN DE MERCURIO TOTAL Y METILMERCURIO EN SEDIMENTO Y SESTON DE LA BAHÍA DE CARTAGENA, CARIBE COLOMBIANO* Translated title: TOTAL MERCURY AND METHYLMERCURY CONCENTRATION IN SEDIMENT AND SESTON OF CARTAGENA BAY, COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

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          En Colombia, la bahía de Cartagena es uno de los ecosistemas costeros más influenciados por la contaminación con mercurio (Hg). Con el propósito de identificar el estado ambiental de la bahía de Cartagena, en este estudio se determinó metilmercurio (MeHg) y mercurio total (HgT) en sedimentos superficiales y seston, durante cinco muestreos (febrero, abril, junio, julio y octubre), en cinco estaciones (Zona Industrial, Frente al Dique, Centro, Boca Chica y Tierra Bomba), dentro de la bahía, durante 2006. Los resultados señalan que el promedio de HgT en los sedimentos fue 0.18 ± 0.01 µg/g p.s y en seston fue 0.16 ± 0.002 µg/g p.s. En ambos casos el 10% corresponde a MeHg. Se encontró una correlación entre HgT y MeHg en sedimentos (r = 0.87, p < 0.0001) y en seston (r = 0.66, p = 0.0003). El análisis de regresión múltiple sugiere que para la bahía de Cartagena el pH y el potencial redox determinan el proceso de metilación de mercurio tanto en sedimentos como en el seston.

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          In Colombia, the bay of Cartagena is one of the coastal ecosystems more influenced by mercury (Hg) contamination. In order to estimate its environmental impact, in this study it was determined methylmercury (MeHg) and total mercury (HgT) in sediment and seston, taking five field samples along 2006 (February, April, June, July, and October) in five areas (Industrial zone, Dique, Center of the bay, Boca Chica, and Tierra Bomba). The mean of HgT in the sediments was 0.18 ± 0.01 µg/g d d.w., and in seston was 0.16 ± 0.002 µg/g d.w., from which about 10% was MeHg in both cases. It is reported a strong correlation between total mercury and methylmercury in both sediments (r = 0.87, p < 0.0001) and seston (r = 0.66, p = 0.0003). In Cartagena Bay, pH and redox determine the methylation process of mercury in sediments and seston as was suggested by a multiple regression analysis.

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                Journal
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                Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR
                Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost.
                INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS -JOSE BENITO VIVES DE ANDRÉIS- (INVEMAR) (Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia )
                0122-9761
                December 2012
                : 41
                : 2
                : 267-285
                Affiliations
                [02] Santa Marta orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia orgdiv1Centro de Ciencias del Mar -Cecimar- Colombia nhcamposc@ 123456bt.unal.edu.co
                [03] Palmira Valle del Cauca orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia orgdiv1Departamento de Ingeniería orgdiv2Ingeniería Ambiental Colombia gduquen@ 123456unal.edu.co
                [01] Santa Marta orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia orgdiv1Departamento de Biología orgdiv2Centro de Ciencias del Mar -Cecimar- Colombia rdcoguaro@ 123456unal.edu.co
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                S0122-97612012000200002
                b6d656bc-4add-4298-adea-c5c65ed80143

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                : 13 September 2011
                : 10 August 2012
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                seston,Cartagena Bay,sediments,Mercurio,metilación,sedimentos,bahía de Cartagena,Mercury,methylation

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