Mercury fluxes through the sediment water interface and bioavailability of mercury in southern Baltic Sea sediments

Oceanologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-285

  Bełdowski, Jacek ^a   Miotk, Michał ^a   Pempkowiak, Janusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bioavailability; Mercury; Remobilisation; Sediments; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 67651072025     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.51-2.263     Document Type: Article

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