Microbial mercury transformations in marine, estuarine and freshwater sediment downstream of the Idrija Mercury Mine, Slovenia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1924-1939

  Hines, Mark E ^a   Faganeli, Jadran ^b   Adatto, Isaac ^a   Horvat, Milena ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MERCURY TRANSFORMATIONS; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY (MEHG);

MERCURY (METAL);

BACTERIUM; BIOTURBATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINE; SEDIMENT YIELD; TRANSFORMATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF TRIESTE; IDRIJA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750286102     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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