Biogeochemical factors affecting mercury methylation in sediments of the Venice Lagoon, Italy

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-663

  Han, Seunghee ^a   Obraztsova, Anna ^a,b   Pretto, Patrizia ^c   Choe, Key Young ^d   Gieskes, Joris ^a   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a   Tebo, Bradley M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methylation; Sediment; Sulfate reduction; Venice Lagoon

Indexed keywords

PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SULFATE REDUCTION; VENICE LAGOON;

CORRELATION METHODS; METHYLATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS; TOXICITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

FERROUS SULFIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; MONOMETHYL MERCURY; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ITALY; LAGOON; LINEAR SYSTEM; METHYLATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SULFATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 34247521752     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-392R.1     Document Type: Article

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