Spatial and habitat-rased variations in total and methyl mercury concentrations in surficial sediments in the San Francisco Bay-Delta

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3501-3507

  Heim, Wesley A ^a   Coale, Kenneth H ^a   Stephenson, Mark ^b   Choe, Key Young ^c,e   Gill, Gary A ^c,e   Foe, Chris ^d  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

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

^d Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

^e BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS;

METHYL MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MINING ACTIVITIES; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURVEYS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HABITAT TYPE; METHYLMERCURY; MINING INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; METAL RECOVERY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; SEASON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SUISUN BAY; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEASONS;

EID: 34250860219     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0626483     Document Type: Article

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