Mercury biomethylation assessment in the estuary of Bilbao (North of Spain)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 482-488

  Raposo, J C ^a   Ozamiz, G ^a   Etxebarria, N ^a   Tueros, I ^a   Munoz C ^a   Muela, A ^a   Arana, I ^a   Barcina, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio; Mercury; Methylation; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOMETHYLATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; MERCURY; METHYL MERCURIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES ANALYSES; SAMPLING POINTS; SEDIMENT SLURRIES; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; VARIATIONS OF;

ALKYLATION; CURVE FITTING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRAIN RELAXATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SLURRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DESULFOVIBRIO; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58149153304     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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