Jie Huang1 & Xiaobo Liu1 & Junming Guo1,4 & Kang Wang1,5 & Zhiyuan Cong1,2 ... Keywords Lake . Water . Mercury . Tibetan Plateau . Distribution . Enrichment ...... Sun H, Liao K, Pan Y, Wang J (1990) Atlas of the QinghaiâTibet Plateau.
Environ Sci Pollut Res DOI 10.1007/s11356-015-4498-3
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Distribution and enrichment of mercury in Tibetan lake waters and their relations with the natural environment Chengding Li 1,4 & Qianggong Zhang 1,2,3,6 & Shichang Kang 1,2,3 & Yongqin Liu 1,2 & Jie Huang 1 & Xiaobo Liu 1 & Junming Guo 1,4 & Kang Wang 1,5 & Zhiyuan Cong 1,2
Received: 16 September 2014 / Accepted: 6 April 2015 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Abstract Mercury (Hg) in aquatic ecosystems is of great concern due to its toxicity, bioaccumulation, and magnification in the food web. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is endowed with the highest and largest lakes on earth, whereas Hg distribution and behavior in lake waters are least known. In this study, surface water samples from 38 lakes over the TP were collected and determined for the total Hg (THg) concentrations. Results revealed a wide range of THg concentrations from 4000 mm in the southeast to
