Changes in mercury speciation and the release of methyl mercury as a result of marine sediment dredging activities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 379-385

  Bloom, N S ^b   Lasorsa, B K ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Marine dredging; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Porewater; Sediment

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

DREDGING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CONFERENCE PAPER; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHYLATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346234841     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00151-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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