TY  - THES
A1  - Huang, Jen-How
T1  - Biogeochemistry of organotin and organolead compounds in a forested catchment in NE-Bavaria, Germany
Y1  - 2004
DO  - 10.23689/fidgeo-203
PB  - Univ. Bayreuth
N2  - Organotin-compunds (OTC) and Trimethyllead (TML) have a higher toxicity than their corresponding inorganic forms and may affect the functioning of ecosystems. Little is known about their behaviour and fate in the terrestrial environment. The goal of this thesis was to investigate the biogeochemistry of OTC (methyltin, butyltin and octyltin compounds) and TML in a forested catchment, especially their input and output budget. The occurrence of OTC, TML, Sntotal and Pbtotal in the atmosphere, soils, precipitation, and runoff in a forested ecosystem in NE-Bavaria, Germany were investigatedand the inputs and outputs in the solute phase determined. In addition, their ad-desorption and transformation (degradation) in forest soils was studied using batch experiments and long term incubations, respectively. OTC and TML concentrations in the gas phase during April to June 2003 was on average 110 pg Sn m3 and 0,34 pg Sn m3. Tri-, di-substituted and octyl species were the dominant OTC in the gas phase. In aerosols, only butyltin compounds, dimethyltin and monomethyltin (<500 pg Sn m3) were found and mono-substituted OTC predominated. For OTC, the washout factors were in the order: mono- >= di- > tri-substituted OTC, and the gas / particle partition coefficients were mono- >> di- >> tri-substituted OTC. Aerosol particles serve as a sink for OTC in the atmosphere, especially for monomethyltin and monobutyltin...
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0001-3153-4
ER  -