Substantial emission of gaseous monomethylmercury from contaminated water-sediment microcosms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 278-283

  Jonsson, Sofi ^a   Skyllberg, Ulf ^b   Björn, Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATED WATER; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; EMISSION RATES; GASEOUS EMISSIONS; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT MICROCOSMS; SPECIATION MODELING; SPECIES-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE DILUTION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; EMISSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROCOSM; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; METHYLATION; MICROCOSM; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 75349096838     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9020348     Document Type: Article

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