Dissolved Trace Metal–Organic Complexes in the Lot–Garonne River System Determined Using the C18 Sep-Pak System |
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| Authors: | E Lemaire G Blanc J Schäfer A Coynel H Etcheber |
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| Institution: | (1) Equipe Traceurs Géochimiques et Minéralogiques, TGM-UMR-CNRS 5805, Université Bordeaux I, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405 Talence, France |
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| Abstract: | An 11-month observation of dissolved and particulate organic matter, chlorophyll a(Chl a), C18 Sep-Pak extractable hydrophobic dissolved organic matter (hDOM) fraction and associated dissolved trace metals (Cd,
Cu, V, Co, Ni, Mo, U) was performed in the Lot–Garonne River system. This system includes the Riou Mort, the Lot River and
the downstream reaches of the Garonne River and represents the fluvial transport path of trace metals between the major point
source of polymetallic pollution, located in the Riou Mort watershed and the Gironde estuary. Spatial and temporal variations
of dissolved and particulate organic carbon and Chl areflect the presence of different types of organic matter and their relation with the hDOM fraction. Maximum Chl a/POC ratios (up to 0.03), indicate intense phytoplankton production from March to May. In the Lot River (Temple), DOC and
POC concentrations were clearly higher and mean Chl a concentration (2.8 mg g−1) was about three times higher than those of the other sites. High Chl a/POC ratios suggest high phytoplankton activity with maxima in spring and late summer. In the Riou Mort River, very high POC
concentrations of up to 40 (mean: 20) occurred, whereas Chl a concentrations were relatively low indicating low phytoplankton activity. High, strongly variable DOC and POC concentrations
suggest important natural (Carboniferous soils, forests) or anthropogenic (e.g., former coal mines, waste areas, agriculture,
sewage) carbon sources within the small Riou Mort watershed. Despite high DOC concentrations in the Riou Mort River, hDOM
metal fractions were generally lower than those at the other sites. The general order of decreasing binding strength between
metals and the organic hydrophobic phase (Cu, U > Co, Ni > V, Mo > Cd) at all four sites was in good agreement with the Irving–William
series of transition element affinity towards organic ligands. Accordingly, the role of the hydrophobic phase in dissolved
Cd transport appeared to be negligible, whereas the hDOM–Cu fraction strongly contributed to dissolved Cu transport. |
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| Keywords: | C18 dissolved organic matter hydrophobic fraction trace metals |
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