Biogeochemistry of mercury in the Amazonian environment

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 336-342

  Wasserman, Julio Cesar ^a   Hacon, Sandra ^b   Wasserman, Maria Angelica ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0043288620     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.5.336     Document Type: Review

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