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Geochemical mobility of arsenic in the surficial waters from Argentina

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The presence of arsenic (As) in surface water constitutes an important environmental risk, where mobility and adsorption processes are responsible for its behavior in the sediment–water interface. Therefore, the assessment of adsorption, mobility and water availability of arsenic in freshwater sediments, with agricultural, livestock and urban soil uses was performed. Arsenic concentrations in sediments ranged from 5.4 to 15.9 mg kg−1 (total) and 2.8 to 6.5 mg kg−1 (labile), and those of iron and manganese were 11,563–23,500 and 140.6–662.1 mg kg−1, respectively. The As levels in water were significantly lower than those of sediments. Results would suggest that As co-precipitation and adsorption on Fe oxides are probably the major route of immobilization, determining its low lability. Manganese did not present an outstanding contribution to the retention, and cation-exchange capacity, pH and organic matter of sediments did not show an influence on the mobility of As.

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This work was partially supported by grants from National Scientific and Technical Research Council, CONICET (PIP0348/2010) and Mar del Plata University (EXA640/13).

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  1. Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Alicia Daniela Robles, Paula Polizzi, María Belén Romero, Leila Natalia Chiodi Boudet & Marcela Gerpe

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Alicia Daniela Robles, Paula Polizzi, María Belén Romero, Leila Natalia Chiodi Boudet & Marcela Gerpe

  3. Laboratorio de Análisis Fares Taie, Magallanes 3019, 1°piso, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina

    Sandra Medici & Agustín Costas

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Robles, A.D., Polizzi, P., Romero, M.B. et al. Geochemical mobility of arsenic in the surficial waters from Argentina. Environ Earth Sci 75, 1479 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-6273-2

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