Formation of dissolved gaseous mercury in a tropical lake (Petit-Saut reservoir, French Guiana)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 364, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 260-271

  Peretyazhko, T ^a   Charlet, L ^a   Muresan, B ^b   Kazimirov, V ^c   Cossa, D ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

DGM; Dissolved gaseous mercury; Petit Saut reservoir; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GOLD MINES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

DGM; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY (DGM); GASEOUS MERCURY; PETIT-SAUT RESERVOIR;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SODIUM AZIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ACCUMULATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISSOLVED GAS; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; FRENCH GUIANA; GAMMA RADIATION; GAS; LABORATORY; LAKE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SUNLIGHT;

FRENCH GUIANA; FRESH WATER; GASES; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEASONS; SOLUBILITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FRENCH GUIANA; PETIT SAUT RESERVOIR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646849482     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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