Application of a mer-lux biosensor for estimating bioavailable mercury in soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 639-646

  Rasmussen, Lasse D ^a   Sørensen, Søren J ^a   Turner, Ralph R ^b   Barkay, Tamar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BEECH; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSENSOR; CENTRIFUGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; FILTRATION; FOREST SOIL; GENE FUSION; LEACHING; MER LUX BIOSENSOR; MERCURY; POLLUTED SOIL; SOIL MICROBE; SOIL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SENSOR; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034102644     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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