Estuarine trace metal distributions in Galveston Bay: Importance of colloidal forms in the speciation of the dissolved phase

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 185-212

  Wen, Liang Saw ^a   Santschi, Peter ^a   Gill, Gary ^a   Paternostro, Christopher ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; Colloids; Estuaries; Organic matter; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032945516     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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