Monomethylmercury sources in a tropical artificial reservoir

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1101-1126

  Muresan, Bogdan ^a   Cossa, Daniel ^a   Richard, Sandrine ^b   Dominique, Yannick ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b HYDRECO   (French Guiana)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DEPOSITION; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CYCLING; HYPOLIMNETIC WATERS; MONOMETHYLMERCURY SOURCES; SUSPENDED MATTER;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; METHYLMERCURY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

FRENCH GUIANA; PETIT SAUT RESERVOIR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42149147259     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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