Seasonal study of speciation of mercury(II) and monomethylmercury in Spartina alterniflora from the Great Bay Estuary, NH

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 181-188

  Heller, Amy A ^a   Weber, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Estuary; Hydride derivatization; Mercury; Methylmercury; Spartina alterniflora; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0031687639     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00285-X     Document Type: Article

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