Summary > Abbreviations Introduction Review of Sulfur Contamination Reducing Sulfate Sources Bio. Mitigation Natural Minerals Mitigation Chem. Treatment Mitigation Active Removal Mitigation Conclusions Acknowledgments References Tables and Figures PDF

ACME - Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades project

APS - adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate

ASR - aquifer storage and recovery

ATP - adenosine triphosphate

BCNP - Big Cypress National Preserve

CERP - Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

DOC - dissolved organic carbon

EAA - Everglades Agricultural Area

ENP - Everglades National Park

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Hg - mercury

LOX - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

MeHg - methylmercury

MSR - microbial sulfate reduction

N - nitrogen

P - phosphorus

PASTA - periphyton assisted stormwater treatment area

PRB - permeable reactive barrier

S - sulfur

(SO₄)^2--S/L-day - sulfate concentration measured as sulfur equivalents per liter per day (a rate)

SRB - sulfate reducing bacteria

STA - stormwater treatment area

USEPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency (formal for EPA)

USGS - U.S. Geological Survey

WCA - Water Conservation Area