Roles of dissolved organic matter in the speciation of mercury and methylmercury in a contaminated ecosystem in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Dong, Wenming ^a   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Brooks, Scott ^a   Southworth, George ^a   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic environments; Complexation; Geochemical model; Methylation; Reduced sulfur; Thiols.

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ION EXCHANGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THIOL; TRANSFORMATION;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649143566     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN09091     Document Type: Article

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