Factors and pathways regulating the release and transformation of
arsenic mediated by DFeRB and SRB
Abstract
The novelty of this work is to explore the driving process and key
environmental factors governing As mobilization mediated by DFeRB and
SRB on the basis of continuous As speciation and environment parameters
monitoring in sediment-water system. The results illustrated that DFeRB
and SRB played a critical role in regulating As mobilization in
sediment-overlying water system. The reduction process mediated by DFeRB
and SRB significantly promotes reduction of As (V) and endogenous
release of As. However, in the DFeRB and SRB mediated reduction, the
main driving process and their key explanatory factors that dominated As
mobility were obviously different. DFeRB presented significant effects
on the reductive dissolution and re-distribution of Fe (III)
oxyhydroxides and As-containing Fe (III) minerals as well as
adsorption-desorption, which in turn influenced the transformation of
iron species and the release and ecotoxicity of As. Significantly
different form DFeRB, the effects of SRB on As behavior mainly by
influencing adsorbed As, pyrite and As sulfides in sediment as well as
the formation of sulfide during sulfate reduction. The main pathways on
As mobilization were the direct effects of SRB, S2-
and Fe2+. In addition, the role of
NH4+-N for the driving process of As
mobility is more pronounced for SRB-induced reduction.
NO3--N is an essential factor
affecting As mobility, but the effects of
NO3--N on As was a non-significant
pathways. This work is helpful to provide insight into the environmental
effects of DFeRB and SRB on biogeochemical cycle of As.