Mercury speciation and distribution in coastal wetlands and tidal mudflats: Relationships with sulphur speciation and organic carbon

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 313-326

  O'Driscoll, Nelson J ^a,b   Canário, João ^c   Crowell, Nathan ^d   Webster, Tim ^d  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KC Irving Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d Applied Geomatics Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Coastal wetlands; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Mudflats; Salt marsh; Sediments; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

BAY OF FUNDY; COASTAL WETLANDS; METHYL MERCURY; MUDFLATS; SALT MARSH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; MERCURY (METAL); NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR;

WETLANDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL WETLAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUDFLAT; ORGANIC CARBON; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHYLATION; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; VOLATILIZATION; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 80052277002     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0756-2     Document Type: Article

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