Degradation of methylmercury and its effects on mercury distribution and cycling in the Florida everglades

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6661-6666

  Li, Yanbin ^a   Mao, Yuxiang ^a,b   Liu, Guangliang ^a   Tachiev, Georgio ^a   Roelant, David ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^c   Cai, Yong ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION METHOD; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIELD MONITORING DATA; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; METHYLMERCURY; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOTAL MERCURIES; UVB RADIATION; WATER COLUMNS; WATERBODIES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

METHYLMERCURY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER;

CORRELATION; FIELD METHOD; METHYLMERCURY; PHOTODEGRADATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; KINETICS; LIGHT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956142862     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1010434     Document Type: Article

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