Temporal and spatial distributions of sediment mercury at salt pond wetland restoration sites, San Francisco Bay, CA, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1154-1165

  Miles, A Keith ^a   Ricca, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Restoration; Salt pond; San Francisco Bay; Sediment; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; ARITHMETIC MEAN; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; METHYLMERCURY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND RESTORATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LANDING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LAKES;

IRON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; METHYLMERCURY; PH; POND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MERCURY; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73149095158     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.042     Document Type: Article

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