Mercury fractionation in sediments of the Lower Vistula River (Poland)

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 79-99

  Boszke, Leonard ^a   Kowalski, Artur ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Floodplain soil; Fractionation; Mercury; Sediment; Sequential extraction; Speciation; Vistula River

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; VISTULA RIVER;

EID: 34548678162     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-007-0020-7     Document Type: Article

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