Size distribution of methylmercury associated with particulate and dissolved organic matter in freshwaters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-414

  Hill, Jonathan R ^a,b   O'Driscoll, Nelson J ^c   Lean, David R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved Organic Carbon; DOC; DOM FL; Mercury binding; Methylmercury; Partitioning; Size fractionation; Tangential ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; AROMATICITIES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOM FL; FRESH WATER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; METHYL MERCURY; MOLECULAR SIZE; ONTARIO; SIZE FRACTION; SIZE FRACTIONATION; TANGENTIAL FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER SAMPLES; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION; WETLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LAKE WATER; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER;

ABSORBANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTIONATION; FRESHWATER; LAKE WATER; METHYLMERCURY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETLAND;

FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; PARTICLE SIZE; QUEBEC; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 72149110616     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.030     Document Type: Article

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