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      Influence of seasonality on the interaction of mercury with aquatic humic substances extracted from the Middle Negro River Basin (Amazon)

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          High mercury concentrations in different environmental matrices in the Amazon have been attributed to mining activities. However, high concentrations of mercury are also present in the soil and water in places like in the middle of the Negro River Basin, which is far away from any anthropogenic emission sources. The Amazon region is characterized by two different regional seasons, with well-defined flood and low water periods. The objective of this work was to investigate the seasonal influences of the interaction between mercury and aquatic humic substances (AHS), which are the main agents of the natural organic complexation capacity. The results of the multivariate statistical analysis of the data showed that the humic substances had different structural characteristics, depending on each season. The ability of humic substances to form complexes with Hg(II) is not directly related to their carbon content, but to the nature and availability of the functional groups present in its structure. The functional groups are carboxylic and aromatic directly related to the higher complexation capacity of AHS by mercury ions.

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          As elevadas concentrações de mercúrio em diferentes matrizes ambientais na Amazônia têm sido atribuídas a atividades mineradoras. Entretanto, altas concentrações de mercúrio também estão presentes no solo e na água em locais como a Bacia do médio Rio Negro, distantes de fontes emissoras antropogênicas. A região Amazônica é caracterizada por dois diferentes regimes sazonais, bem definidos em períodos de cheias e vazantes. O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar as influências sazonais na interação entre mercúrio e substâncias húmicas aquáticas (AHS), que são os principais complexantes orgânicos naturais. Os resultados obtidos por análise estatística multivariada dos dados mostraram que as substâncias húmicas possuem diferentes características estruturais, dependendo do período sazonal. A capacidade das substâncias húmicas em formar complexos com Hg(II) não está diretamente relacionada ao seu teor de carbono, mas sim natureza e disponibilidade dos grupos funcionais presentes em sua estrutura. Os grupos funcionais carboxílicos e aromáticos estão diretamente relacionados maior capacidade de complexação de AHS por íons mercúrio.

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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
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                Journal
                jbchs
                Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
                J. Braz. Chem. Soc.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Química (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0103-5053
                1678-4790
                September 2012
                : 23
                : 9
                : 1711-1718
                Affiliations
                [02] Arapiraca AL orgnameFederal University of Alagoas Brazil
                [04] Manaus AM orgnameNational Amazon Research Institute
                [01] Sorocaba SP orgnameFederal University of São Carlos Brazil
                [05] Araraquara SP orgnameSão Paulo State University orgdiv1Institute of Chemistry of Araraquara
                [03] Botucatu SP orgnameSão Paulo State University orgdiv1Institute of Biosciences Brazil
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                S0103-50532012000900017
                10.1590/S0103-50532012005000034
                efdb35e4-c4a2-48a2-bf7d-daa951e38139

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 11 September 2012
                : 18 May 2012
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 25, Pages: 8
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                aquatic humic substances,seasonality,Negro River Basin,Amazonia,mercury

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