Importance of the biogenic organic matter in photo-formation of dissolved gaseous mercury in a culture of the marine diatom Chaetoceros sp.

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 318, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 211-221

  Lanzillotta, E ^a   Ceccarini, C ^a   Ferrara, R ^a   Dini, F ^b   Frontini, F P ^b   Banchetti, R ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell exudates; Chaetoceros sp.; Dissolved gaseous mercury; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FILTRATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHOTO-FORMATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGAL CULTURE; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; DIATOM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; LABORATORY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS SP.; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 0344924811     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00400-5     Document Type: Article

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