When no macroorganisms are present, deposits of inorganic mercury in the upper few centimeters of the sediment are responsible for almost the whole amount of released methyl mercury. If Tubificidae or Anodonta are present at high densities, deposits down to 2.5 or 9 cm from the surface, respectively, are effective.
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Arne Jernelöv (1970) studied this question.
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