Mercury speciation in the San Francisco Bay estuary

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 199-225

  Conaway, Christopher H ^a   Squire, Sharon ^a   Mason, Robert P ^b   Flegal, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Mercury; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037283805     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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