Biogeochemical changes and mercury methylation beneath an in-situ sediment cap

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7280-7286

  Johnson, Nathan W ^a,b   Reible, Danny D ^a   Katz, Lynn E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUATIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL EFFECTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CAPPING LAYER; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYL MERCURY; MODEL SEDIMENTS; REACTION-TRANSPORT MODEL; SEDIMENT CAP; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SULFATE REDUCTION; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; WATER INTERFACE;

ALKYLATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

METHYLMERCURY; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CAPPING; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT;

CALIBRATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957371027     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100161p     Document Type: Article

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