Distribution of mercury in different environmental compartments in the aquatic ecosystem of the coastal zone of the Southern Baltic Sea

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1144-1150

  Saniewska, Dominika ^a   Beldowska, Magdalena ^a   Beldowski, Jacek ^b   Saniewski, Michal ^c   Kwaśniak, Justyna ^a   Falkowska, Lucyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastal zone; Macrophytes; Mercury; Particulate matter; Plankton; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AVERAGE VALUES; BALTIC SEA; BULK SURFACES; COASTAL WATERS; COMBINED EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL CITY; LEAF GROWTH; MACROPHYTES; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORE WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARM SEASONS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER SAMPLES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANKTON; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

BALTIC STATES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 77955506447     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60230-8     Document Type: Article

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