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: