Uptake of Hg(II) and methylmercury by the green mussel Perna viridis under different organic carbon conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-136

  Pan, Jin Fen ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colloidal organic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon; Influx; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SALINITY; TOXICITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 4444282341     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps276125     Document Type: Article

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