An experimental approach to investigate mercury species transformations under redox oscillations in coastal sediments

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Bouchet, S ^a   Bridou, R ^a   Tessier, E ^a   Rodriguez Gonzalez, P ^a   Monperrus, M ^a   Abril, G ^b   Amouroux, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxic; Demethylation; Methylation; Oxic; Partitioning; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; OXIC SEDIMENTS; REDUCTION;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; ANOXIC; DEMETHYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OXIC; PARTITIONING; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

IODINE COMPOUNDS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; PARTITIONING; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRANCE; GAS; LIQUID; METHYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHASE PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT; SOLID STATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78651103596     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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