Disturbance impacts on mercury dynamics in northern Gulf of Mexico sediments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Liu, B ^a   Schaider, L A ^a   Mason, R P ^b   Bank, M S ^a   Rabalais, N N ^c   Swarzenski, P W ^d   Shine, J P ^a   Holiweg, T ^b   Senn, D B ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349269197     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000752     Document Type: Article

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