The chemical cycle and bioaccumulation of mercury

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1998, Pages 543-566

  Morel, François M M ^a   Kraepiel, Anne M L ^a   Amyot, Marc ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Methylation; Microbial uptake; Solubility; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

EID: 0032423953     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.543     Document Type: Article

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