Role of phytoplankton in mercury cycling in the San Francisco Bay estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-40

  Luengen, Allison C ^a,b   Flegal, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 61649087656     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0023     Document Type: Article

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