Interactions between mercury and dissolved organic matter - A review

Chemosphere

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-331

  Ravichandran, Mahalingam ^a  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Complexation; DOC; Methylmercury; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BROMIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; CITRIC ACID; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; FLUORIDE; GLYCINE; HYDROXIDE; LIGAND; MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; METHYLMERCURY; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; THIOSALICYLIC ACID; THIOUREA; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FISH; LITERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOXICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 1342329809     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.11.011     Document Type: Review

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