Temporal trends in gaseous mercury evasion from the Mediterranean seawaters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 183-190

  Ferrara, R ^a   Mazzolai, B ^a   Lanzillotta, E ^a   Nucaro, E ^b   Pirrone, N ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emission; Mediterranean basin; Mercury; Sea water

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEAWATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034597198     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00581-7     Document Type: Article

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