The distribution and speciation of mercury in the South and equatorial Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 937-956

  Mason, R P ^a   Sullivan, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COLLOID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033044814     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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