The role of sorption and bacteria in mercury partitioning and bioavailability in artificial sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 981-986

  Zhong, Huan ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioavailability; Fulvic acid; Inorganic mercury; Methylated mercury; Particle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SORPTION;

ARTIFICIAL SEDIMENTS; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; FULVIC ACIDS; INORGANIC MERCURY; JUICE EXTRACTION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; SIPUNCULANS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; FULVIC ACID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIPUNCULIDA;

EID: 58249138398     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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