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The runoff output of methylmercury (Mg) from the 50 ha Svartberget Catchment in northern Sweden was studied during 1993. These outputs are compared to those from the Gárdsjón Catchment in the southwestern part of Sweden. Although the wet deposition of Mg is several times higher in southern Sweden the output of Mg per unit area from the two catchments was comparable (0.12 g /km2*yr). Furthermore, the concentration of Mg (0.4 ng/L) in the Svartberget Catchment was more than twice that from the Gárdsjón Catchment. These results suggest that the contemporary wet deposition of Mg in itself is not a good indicator of runoff concentration or output per unit area. DOC transport and catchment characteristics such as wetland area, or possibly other forms of contemporary atmospheric deposition may all be more important for explaining Mg output from the terrestrial ecosystem.
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Lee, Y.H., Bishop, K., Hultberg, H., Pettersson, C., Iverfeldt, Å., Allard, B. (1995). Output of Methylmercury from a Catchment in Northern Sweden. In: Porcella, D.B., Huckabee, J.W., Wheatley, B. (eds) Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0153-0_51
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