Tidally driven export of dissolved organic carbon, total mercury, and methylmercury from a mangrove-dominated estuary

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1371-1378

  Bergamaschi, Brian A ^a   Krabbenhoft, David P ^a   Aiken, George R ^b   Patino, Eduardo ^a   Rumbold, Darren G ^c   Orem, William H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-OCCURRENCE; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL WATERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA , USA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MANGROVE SWAMP; MERCURY FLUXES; METHYLMERCURY; POTENTIAL SOURCES; TOTAL MERCURIES;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS; STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

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

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL CHANGE; MANGROVE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEAWATER; TIDAL CYCLE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; FILTER; FLUOROMETER; MANGROVE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SWAMP; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84856750553     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2029137     Document Type: Article

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