Deposition and Re-Emission of Atmospheric Elemental Mercury over the Tropical Forest Floor
Significant knowledge gaps exist regarding the emission of elemental mercury (Hg0) from the tropical forest floor, which limit our understanding of the Hg mass budget in forest ecosystems. In this study, biogeochemical processes of Hg0 deposition to and evasion from soil in a Chinese tropical rainforest were investigated using Hg stable isotopic techniques. Our results showed a mean air-soil flux as deposition of -4.5 ± 2.1 ng m-2 h-1 in the dry season and as emission of +7.4 ± 1.2 ng m-2 h-1 in the rainy season. Hg re-emission, i.e., soil legacy Hg evasion, induces negative transitions of Δ199Hg and δ202Hg in the evaded Hg0 vapor, while direct atmospheric Hg0 deposition does not exhibit isotopic fractionation. Using an isotopic mass balance model, direct atmospheric Hg0 deposition to soil was estimated to be 48.6 ± 13.0 μg m-2 year-1. Soil Hg0 re-emission was estimated to be 69.5 ± 10.6 μg m-2 year-1, of which 63.0 ± 9.3 μg m-2 year-1 is from surface soil evasion and 6.5 ± 5.0 μg m-2 year-1 from soil pore gas diffusion. Combined with litterfall Hg deposition (∼34 μg m-2 year-1), we estimated a ∼12.6 μg m-2 year-1 net Hg0 sink in the tropical forest. The fast nutrient cycles in the tropical rainforests lead to a strong Hg0 re-emission and therefore a relatively weaker atmospheric Hg0 sink.
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