Effect of selenium on mercury methylation in facultative lake sediments

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 255-261

  Jin, Lijun ^a,c   Guo, Pan ^b   Xu, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b Hubei Institute of Bioengineering   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Methylation; Sediments; Selenium

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

METHYLATION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032890654     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249909358707     Document Type: Article

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