Using sulfate-amended sediment slurry batch reactors to evaluate mercury methylation

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-331

  Harmon, S M ^a   King, J K ^b   Gladden, J B ^c   Newman, L A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MERCURY; SULFATE;

BIOREACTOR; COPPER; GROWTH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; REDUCTION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BATCH REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; WETLAND;

BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COPPER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33947493638     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0071-x     Document Type: Article

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