| mercury distribution in seawater of kagoshima bay near the active volcano, mt. sakurajima in japan. | kagoshima bay has a highly active volcano in its center. in the filtered seawater and suspended matter collected from 200-m deep fumaroles at the bottom of the inner bay, the geometric mean concentrations of total mercury were 7.6 and 65.0 ng/l, respectively. the surface seawater collected at the inner bay had a higher concentration of mercury when compared to that in the bay entrance (average: 1.0 vs. 0.5 ng/l). in july, however, no such difference was observed. the fumaroles seem to contribute ... | 2010 | 20182698 |