Dissolved gaseous mercury formation under UV irradiation of unamended tropical waters from French Guyana

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 290, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 131-138

  Beucher, Charlotte ^a   Wong Wah Chung, Pascal ^b   Richard, Claire ^b   Mailhot, Gilles ^b   Bolte, Michèle ^b   Cossa, Daniel ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Elemental mercury; Freshwater; Guyana; Mercury; Organic matter; Photoreduction

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; OXYGEN; SOLUTIONS; STRESSES; WATER;

PHOTOREDUCTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED GAS; FRESHWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; FRENCH GUIANA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0037029969     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01078-6     Document Type: Article

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