A comparison of the speciation and fate of mercury in two contaminated coastal marine ecosystems: The Venice Lagoon (Italy) and Lavaca Bay (Texas)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Bloom, Nicolas S ^a   Moretto, Ligia M ^b   Ugo, Paolo ^b  

^a Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAVACA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 2142664501     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.2.0367     Document Type: Article

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