Biological and chemical redox transformations of mercury in fresh and salt waters of the high arctic during spring and summer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1883-1888

  Poulain, Alexandre J ^a   Garcia, Edenise ^a   Amyot, Marc ^a   Campbell, Peter G C ^b   Raofie, Farhad ^c   Ariya, Parisa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CHAINS; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS;

ALGAE; CLIMATOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SALT WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAE; CLIMATOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COASTAL WATER; FOOD CHAIN; FRESHWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POND; SALINITY; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 33947426821     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061980b     Document Type: Article

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