Mercury speciation in waters and sediments of Lake Murray, Papua New Guinea

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 825-833

  Bowles, Karl C ^a   Apte, Simon C ^a   Maher, William A ^a   McNamara, Jim ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER POLLUTION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0036380726     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01020     Document Type: Article

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