Mercury in water and sediments of the southern Baltic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Pempkowiak, J ^a   Cossa, D ^b   Sikora, A ^a   Sanjuan, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Dissolved; Enriched; Mercury; Sediments; Total; Water

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

MERCURY; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC STATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLAND; SEAWATER;

BALTIC SEA;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032503619     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00091-6     Document Type: Article

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