Mercury cycling in stream ecosystems. 2. Benthic methylmercury production and bed sediment - Pore water partitioning

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2726-2732

  Marvin Dipasquale, Mark ^a   Lutz, Michelle A ^b   Brigham, Mark E ^b   Krabbenhoft, David P ^b   Aiken, George R ^b   Orem, William H ^b   Hall, Britt D ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BED SEDIMENTS; COMBINED FUNCTIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; DRAINAGE BASINS; MERCURY CYCLING; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; METHYL MERCURIES; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC CONTENTS; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER PARTITIONING; PROXY MEASURES; SEDIMENT PORE WATERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; SULFATE REDUCTIONS; TOTAL REDUCED SULFURS; URBAN STREAMS;

ALKYLATION; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; METHYLATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RATE CONSTANTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SULFATE; SULFUR; TRACER; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BENTHOS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE BASIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTITIONING; POREWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAM; SULFATE; TIN;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINING; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); SYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 65249112648     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802698v     Document Type: Article

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