Extreme spatial variability and unprecedented methylmercury concentrations within a constructed wetland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 115-135

  Rumbold, D G ^a   Fink, L E ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Constructed wetland; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; METHYLMERCURY CONCENTRATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FLOW RATE; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LARGEMOUTH BASS; LEPOMIS; MARSH; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PERCIFORMES; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LEPOMIS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PISCES;

EID: 33645742384     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-0767-4     Document Type: Article

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