Mercury cycling in surface water, pore water and sediments of Mugu Lagoon, CA, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-45

  Rothenberg, Sarah E ^a   Ambrose, Richard F ^a   Jay, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Habitat; Mercury methylation; Partitioning; Tides

Indexed keywords

FISH; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

IRON LEVELS; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY LEVELS;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FISH; FOOD WEB; IRON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTITIONING; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FISH; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; MUGU LAGOON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649162462     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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