Potential Hg methylation and MeHg demethylation rates related to the nutrient status of different boreal wetlands

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 335-350

  Tjerngren, I ^a   Karlsson, T ^b   Bjorn E ^b   Skyllberg, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demethylation; Mercury; Methylation; Methylmercury; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOG; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON; FEN; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PH; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SWAMP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SWEDEN;

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84857627622     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9603-1     Document Type: Article

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