Mercury removal, methylmercury formation, and sulfate-reducing bacteria profiles in wetland mesocosms

Chemosphere

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 859-870

  King, Jeffrey K ^a   Harmon, S Michele ^b   Fu, Theresa T ^c   Gladden, John B ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Sediments; Sulfide; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MERCURY (METAL); WASTE TREATMENT;

SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

WETLANDS;

CALCIUM SULFATE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

MESOCOSM; METHYLMERCURY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEMETHYLATION; DYNAMICS; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; METHYLATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PUSILLUS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 0036173192     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(01)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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