Distribution of methylmercury in a mercury-contaminated ecosystem

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 192-197

  Wu, Ting Nien ^a  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fish management; Mercury; Sediment concentration; Surveys; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SALINE WATER; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER;

COLD-VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FISH MANAGEMENT; METHYLMERCURY; SODIUM PENTACHLOROPHENATE (NAPCP);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SALINE WATER; SEAWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMWATER;

EID: 33748790684     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2006)10:4(192)     Document Type: Article

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