Increased bioavailability of mercury in the lagoons of Lomé, Togo: The possible role of dredging

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-42

  Gnandi, Kissao ^a   Han, Seunghee ^b,c   Rezaie Boroon, M Hassan ^d   Porrachia, Magali ^b   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index; Lagoon sediments; Metal contamination; Organic chelation; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METAL; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHELATION; GEOACCUMULATION; LAGOON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; TOGO; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METALS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; TOGO; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

LOME; TOGO;

PISCES;

EID: 79551568759     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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