Factors that influence methylmercury flux rates from wetland sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 306-319

  Holmes, Jonathan ^a   Lean, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusive flux; Ethylmercury; Methylmercury; Pore water; Redox potential; Sulfide; Temperate wetlands

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WETLANDS;

DIFFUSIVE FLUX; ETHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PORE WATER; REDOX POTENTIAL; SULFIDE; TEMPERATE WETLANDS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; OXYGEN; SULFIDE;

DISSOLVED GAS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METHYLMERCURY; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION FUNCTION; FLOW RATE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; QUEBEC; SULFATES; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33746675653     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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