Spatial and seasonal variations in mercury methylation and microbial community structure in a historic mercury mining area, Yolo County, California

Chemical Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Holloway, JoAnn M ^a   Goldhaber, Martin B ^a   Scow, Kate M ^b   Drenovsky, Rebecca E ^b,c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MeHg; Mercury; Methylation; Phospholipid fatty acid; Soil; Wetland

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LITHOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINING; PARENT MATERIAL; PHOSPHOLIPID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOLO COUNTY;

DESULFOBACTER SP.; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.;

EID: 69649105074     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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