Benthic fluxes of mercury species in a lagoon environment (Grado Lagoon, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-546

  Covelli, Stefano ^a   Faganeli, Jadran ^b   De Vittor, Cinzia ^c   Predonzani, Sergio ^d   Acquavita, Alessandro ^d   Horvat, Milena ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d ARPA Regional Environmental Protection Agency Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

^e JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

BENTHIC FLUXES; LAGOON ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY SPECIES;

MERCURY (METAL);

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; LAGOON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POREWATER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER POLLUTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; GORIZIA; GRADO LAGOON; IDRIJA; ISONZO RIVER; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40149084452     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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