Has Submarine Groundwater Discharge Been Overlooked as a

Mar 21, 2007 - We measured the mercury (Hg) in groundwater, aquifer sediments, and surface water in Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts) and found that this to...
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Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 3090-3095

Has Submarine Groundwater Discharge Been Overlooked as a Source of Mercury to Coastal Waters? S H A R O N E . B O N E , * ,† M A T T H E W A . CHARETTE, CARL H. LAMBORG, AND MEAGAN EAGLE GONNEEA Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

We measured the mercury (Hg) in groundwater, aquifer sediments, and surface water in Waquoit Bay (Massachusetts) and found that this toxic metal (range: