Aquatic chemistry of mercury in the River Negro: importance of sunlight in the redox process

• Grant number: 97/10160-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 1997
• End date: June 30, 1999
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Wilson de Figueiredo Jardim
• Grantee: Wilson de Figueiredo Jardim
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present project aims to study the importance of solar light in the reduction of the HgC+ species present in waters rich in organic carbon in the bay of the river Negro, Amazonas, as well as possible ecotoxicological consequences of this mechanism. (AU)