Mercury speciation in the lower St. Lawrence estuary

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 138-147

  Cossa, Daniel ^a   Gobeil, Charles ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; MERCURY; MINERALIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 0034062607     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-57-s1-138     Document Type: Article

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