Mercury (micro)biogeochemistry in polar environments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-241

  Barkay, Tamar ^a,c   Poulain, Alexandre J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Mercury; Methyl mercury accumulation; Microbial transformations; Polar regions; Redox transformations

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; POLAR REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMETHYLATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHYLATION; OBSERVATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALGAE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; COLD CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 33846229164     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00246.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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