Mercury and methylmercury cycling in sediments of the mid-Atlantic continental shelf and slope

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2703-2722

  Hollweg, T A ^a   Gilmour, C C ^b   Mason, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649603204     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2703     Document Type: Article

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