Accumulation of inorganic and methylmercury by freshwater phytoplankton in two contrasting water bodies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-131

  Pickhardt, Paul C ^a   Fisher, Nicholas S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; PROKARYOTES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO;

CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRESH WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; DIATOM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLUMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CALIFORNIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; MERCURY RADIOISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33846021994     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060966w     Document Type: Article

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