Methodological considerations regarding the use of inorganic 197Hg(II) radiotracer to assess mercury methylation potential rates in lake sediment

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 987-994

  Pérez Catán, Soledad ^a   Guevara, Sergio Ribeiro ^a   Marvin DiPasquale, Mark ^b   Magnavacca, Cecilia ^c   Cohen, Isaac Marcos ^d   Arribere, María ^a  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO EZEIZA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

197Hg tracer; Lake sediment; Mercury; Mercury methylation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; LAKE SEDIMENT; MERCURY METHYLATION; RADIOTRACERS;

IRRADIATION; LAKES; METHYLATION; SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BENTHIC METHYLMERCURY; COPPER SULFATE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; THIOSULFATE; TOLUENE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE SEDIMENT; LEACHING; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY RADIOISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 34547782353     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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