Dissolved gaseous mercury production in the dark: Evidence for the fundamental role of bacteria in different types of Mediterranean water bodies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 917-924

  Fantozzi, L ^a   Ferrara, R ^a   Frontini, F P ^b   Dini, F ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dissolved gaseous mercury; Mediterranean basin; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); POROUS MATERIALS; SUN; SURFACE WATERS; THEOREM PROVING; WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVE RADIATIONS; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; COASTAL WATER BODIES; DARK CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURIES; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY; LAKE WATER SAMPLES; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN BASINS; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; MERCURY; MERCURY REDUCTIONS; NATURAL WATER BODIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCIES; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; SOLAR RADIATION INTENSITIES; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BRACKISH WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DARK; DISSOLVED GAS; LAGOON; LAKE WATER; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; LAGOON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 56949101582     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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