Gaseous elemental mercury emissions and CO2 respiration rates in terrestrial soils under controlled aerobic and anaerobic laboratory conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1691-1700

  Obrist, Daniel ^a   Faïn, Xavier ^a   Berger, Carsen ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic conditions; Carbon mineralization; Microbial respiration; Redox conditions; Soil mercury volatilization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX REACTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINERALIZATION PROCESS; REDOX CONDITION;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION; LINEARITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINERALIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESPIRATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; VOLATILIZATION;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST SOIL; LABORATORY TEST; LAND BIOME; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REDUCTION KINETICS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL INOCULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; GAS; METABOLISM; SOIL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; MERCURY; SOIL;

EID: 77952976358     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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