Dissolved Fe2+ and ∑H2S Behavior in Sediments Seasonally Overlain by Hypoxic-to-anoxic Waters as Determined by CSV Microelectrodes |
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Authors: | Karen S Sell John W Morse |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA;(2) Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA |
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Abstract: | Variability of dissolved Fe2+ and ∑H2S concentrations in porewaters were studied, using cathodic stripping voltammetry (CSV) microelectrodes, in sediments overlain
by hypoxic waters in the summer from the southeastern region of Corpus Christi Bay, Texas (CCB) and the Mississippi River
Bight (MRB), Louisiana. These measurements were complimented by sediment microcosm studies where oxygen concentrations in
the overlying water were manipulated. Sulfate reduction rates, benthic oxygen demand, total reduced sulfide, porewater sulfate,
and total organic carbon were also determined. Fe2+ and ∑H2S were the major dissolved redox-reactive dissolved species in these sediments. During hypoxic conditions, an upward migration
of porewater Fe2+ and ∑H2S occurred, with Fe2+ reaching much higher maximum concentrations than ∑H2S. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) differences in both Fe2+ and ∑H2S occurred between sediments at the CCB and MRB study sites. Although both sites were Fe-dominated, reactive and dissolved
iron were higher while ∑H2S was lower at the MRB site. However, there were no statistically significant (p > 0.05) difference in regard to ∑H2S between microcosm and field monitoring studies. Results indicated that, for Fe2+ and ∑H2S, relatively large and rapid changes occurred in both the concentrations and distributions of these important porewater constituents
in response to relatively short-term changes in overlying water oxygen content. Model calculations indicated that conditions
in the sediments can be responsible for the induction of hypoxic conditions in the formation of hypoxic overlying waters in
<6 days at CCB and ~20 days at MRB. |
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Keywords: | benthic oxygen demand hypoxia microelectrodes porewater iron and sulfide sedimentary biogeochemistry |
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