Sulfate threshold target to control methylmercury levels in wetland ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2156-2162

  Corrales, Juliana ^a   Naja, Ghinwa M ^a   Dziuba, Catherine ^b   Rivero, Rosanna G ^a   Orem, William ^c  

^a Everglades Foundation   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Everglades Agricultural Area; Mass balance; Methylmercury; Sulfate threshold

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BUFFER CAPACITY; CONTAMINATION PROBLEM; CURRENT RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MINERAL CONTENT; SITE-SPECIFIC; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE THRESHOLD; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; TOTAL SULFUR; TOTAL SULFUR MASS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER CONSERVATION AREAS; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OXIDATION; SOILS; SULFUR; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

GROUND WATER; METHYLMERCURY; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MASS BALANCE; METHYLMERCURY; SULFATE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGARCANE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953300746     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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