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Methylation of Mercury in Agricultural Soils
Author(s) -
Rogers R. D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of environmental quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1537-2537
pISSN - 0047-2425
DOI - 10.2134/jeq1976.00472425000500040028x
Subject(s) - methylmercury , mercury (programming language) , soil water , environmental chemistry , water content , chemistry , methylation , moisture , amendment , environmental science , soil science , agronomy , geology , biology , biochemistry , bioaccumulation , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , computer science , political science , law , gene , programming language
Methylation of applied divalent mercury ion was found to occur in agricultural soils. The production of methylmercury was affected by soil texture, soil moisture content, soil temperature, concentration of the ionic mercury amendment, and time. Methylation was directly proportional to clay content, moisture content, temperature, and mercury concentration. After an initial build‐up of methylmercury in the soil, there appeared to be a mechanism that decreased the methylmercury content with increasing time.