Total and methyl mercury in wetland soils and sediments of Louisiana's Pontchartrain Basin (USA)

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1657-1662

  Yu, Kewei ^a   Delaune, Ronald D ^a   Devai, Istvan ^a   Tao, Rui ^a   Jugsujinda, Aroon ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl mercury; Pontchartrain; Salinity; Total mercury; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC BIOTAS; AQUATIC FOODS; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; LOUISIANA; METHYL MERCURIES; METHYL MERCURY; PONTCHARTRAIN; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SALINE REGIONS; SALINITY; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALINITY LEVELS; SALT WATERS; SAMPLING SITES; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOTAL MERCURY; WETLAND SOILS;

WETLANDS;

METHYLMERCURY; WATER;

ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SWAMP; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LOUISIANA; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 55749086382     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802330008     Document Type: Article

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