Mercury and methylmercury concentrations in two newly constructed reservoirs in the Wujiang River, Guizhou, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 530-537

  Yao, Heng ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Guo, Yanna ^a   Yan, Haiyu ^a   Fu, Xuewu ^a   Li, Zhonggen ^a   Meng, Bo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Organic matter; Reservoir; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FISH TISSUE; FLOODED SOIL; GUIZHOU , CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; KARSTIC; LOW LEVEL; MERCURY SPECIES; METHYL MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; RESERVOIR; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WATER COLUMNS; WET WEIGHT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DAMS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOODED SOIL; KARST; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; RESERVOIR; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; FISH; HYPOTHESIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; EUROPE; GUIZHOU; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79551589423     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.413     Document Type: Article

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