Mercury speciation in the Valdeazogues River-La Serena Reservoir system: Influence of Almadén (Spain) historic mining activities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2372-2382

  Berzas Nevado, Juan J ^a   Rodríguez Martín Doimeadios, Rosa C ^a   Moreno, María Jiménez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almad n; Biota; Mercury; Sediment; Speciation; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; MERCURY; SEDIMENT; SPECIATION; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; LANTHANUM; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; PORPHYRINS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MINING; RESERVOIR; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METHYLATION; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ALMADEN; BADAJOZ [EXTREMADURA]; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; EXTREMADURA; LA SERENA RESERVOIR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VALDEAZOGUES RIVER;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 60349129196     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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