A comparison of anthropogenic mercury pollution in Kaštela Bay (Croatia) with pristine estuaries in Öre (Sweden) and Krka (Croatia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1152-1157

  Kwokal, Zeljko ^a   Frančišković Bilinski, Stanislav ^a   Bilinski, Halka ^a   Branica, Marko ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Ka tela Bay (Croatia); Krka Estuary (Croatia); Mercury; Methylmercury; re Estuary (Sweden); Sediment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

REMEDIATION PROJECTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARY; MEASUREMENT; METHYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CROATIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036806005     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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