Mercury mass balance study in Wujiangdu and Dongfeng Reservoirs, Guizhou, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2594-2603

  Feng, Xinbin ^a   Jiang, Hongmei ^a,b   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Yan, Haiyu ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a   Li, Zhonggen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Mercury methylation; Methylmercury; Precipitation; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

MASS BALANCE; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION; RESERVOIR;

ALKYLATION; FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESERVOIR; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; METHYLATION; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 67849108292     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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