Mercury methylation in oxygen deficient zones of the oceans: No evidence for the predominance of anaerobes

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Malcolm, Elizabeth G ^a   Schaefer, Jeffra K ^a   Ekstrom, Eileen B ^a   Tuit, Caroline B ^a   Jayakumar, Amal ^a   Park, Haewon ^a   Ward, Bess B ^a   Morel, François M M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Equatorial Eastern Pacific; Hydrothermal vent; Indian Ocean; Mercury methylation; Methylmercury; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURFACE LAYER; WATER COLUMN;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 78249235018     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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