Distribution of selenium, mercury, and methylmercury in surficial Missouri river sediments

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-335

  Pracheil, Brenda M ^a   Snow, Daniel D ^a   Pegg, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lewis and Clark Lake; Mercury; Methylmercury; Reservoir; Sediment; Selenium

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; ELEVATED LEVEL; METHYL MERCURY; MISSOURIS; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; STORAGE CAPACITY; STUDY AREAS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM;

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SELENIUM; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77952090033     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9932-0     Document Type: Article

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