Total and Suspended Cadmium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Nickel, and Zinc in the Water Column of the Black Sea

  • Conny Haraldsson
  • Stig Westerlund
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Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (ASIC, volume 351)

Abstract

The trace metals cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc were determined at eleven different stations in the Black Sea, in November 1984. Sampling from the surface down to 2100 m was carried out. Suspended matter was collected and analysed. It was found that elements which form strong sulphide complexes show significantly lower concentration in the anoxic zone. A simple scavenging mechanism based on adsorption of sulphides onto organic matter is proposed in order to explain this. The complex behaviour of particles in the oxic/anoxic interface is discussed.

Keywords

Trace Metal Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Anoxic Environment Anoxic Water Benthic Flux 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Conny Haraldsson
    • 1
  • Stig Westerlund
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Analytical and Marine ChemistryChalmers University of Technology and University of GöteborgGöteborgSweden

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