The distribution of total mercury and methyl mercury in a shallow hypereutrophic lake (Lake Taihu) in two seasons

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 343-351

  Wang, Shaofeng ^a   Xing, Denghua ^a   Jia, Yonfeng ^a   Li, Biao ^a   Wang, Kuanling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER; DEMETHYLATION; DIFFUSION FLUXES; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; FRESH WATER LAKES; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; LAKE SAND RESERVOIRS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAKE TAIHU; LAKE WATER SAMPLES; LAKE WATERS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

ALKYLATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 84855461229     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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