Inorganic and methyl-mercury speciation in sediments of the Swarzedzkie Lake

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-103

  Baralkiewicz, Danuta ^a   Gramowska, Hanka ^a   Gołdyn, Ryszard ^a   Wasiak, Wiesław ^a   Kowalczewska Madura, Katarzyna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Inorganic mercury; Lake sediment; Methylmercury; Organic matter; Speciation

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SWARZEDZKIE LAKE; WIELKOPOLSKIE;

EID: 34047207719     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540701197655     Document Type: Article

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