Spatial distribution and speciation of mercury and methyl mercury in the surface water of East River (Dongjiang) tributary of Pearl River Delta, South China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Liu, Jinling ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Xian ^c   Yin, Runsheng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

East River; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Pearl River delta; Speciation; Surface water

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DONG RIVER; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84855296048     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0542-0     Document Type: Article

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