Characterization of mercury and other heavy metals in sediment of an ecological important backwater area of River Tisza (Hungary)

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 859-864

  Devai, Istvan ^a   DeLaune, Ronald D ^a   Dévai, György ^b   Aradi, Csaba ^c   Göri, Szilvia ^c   Nagy, Alex Sándor ^b   Tálas, Zsuzsa ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

^d Ministry of Environment and Water   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Backwater; Heavy metals; Methyl mercury; Sediment; Sediment properties

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; WETLANDS;

METHYL MERCURY; PHOSPHINE; SEDIMENT POLLUTANTS;

SEDIMENTS;

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUNGARY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BORON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUNGARY; MERCURY; PHOSPHINES; RIVERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

AVES;

EID: 34250163171     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701373141     Document Type: Article

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