Hg L3 XANES study of mercury methylation in shredded eichhornia crassipes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5568-5573

  Rajan, Michael ^a   Darrow, Jeannine ^a   Hua, Michael ^a   Barnett, Brandy ^a   Mendoza, Miguel ^a   Greenfield, Ben K ^b   Andrews, Joy C ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; WETLANDS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FIELD ASSESSMENT; IN PLANTS; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS; PLANT SAMPLES; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; TOTAL MERCURY; WATER HYACINTH;

MERCURY (METAL);

CYSTEINE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY CYSTEINE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; HERB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EICHHORNIA; FIELD STUDY; GROWTH CHAMBER; METAL BINDING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYSTEINE; EICHHORNIA; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; RIVERS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 48749127186     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800284v     Document Type: Article

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