Mass balance and sources of mercury in Tokyo Bay

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 767-775

  Sakata, Masahiro ^a   Marumoto, Kohji ^b   Narukawa, Masahiro ^c   Asakura, Kazuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Mercury; Organomercurous fungicides; Stormwater runoff; Tokyo Bay

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FUNGICIDE; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; STORMWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO BAY;

EID: 33750983009     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0096-9     Document Type: Article

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