Profiles of dissolved gaseous mercury concentration in the Mediterranean seawater

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Ferrara, R ^a   Ceccarini, C ^a   Lanzillotta, E ^a   Gardfeldt K ^b   Sommar, J ^b   Horvat, M ^c   Logar, M ^c   Fajon, V ^c   Kotnik, J ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dissolved gaseous Mercury; Mediterranean Sea; Seawater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DISSOLVED GAS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIP; WATER ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038826951     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00248-6     Document Type: Article

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