Dissolved organic matter reduces algal accumulation of methylmercury

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1712-1719

  Luengen, Allison C ^a   Fisher, Nicholas S ^a   Bergamaschi, Brian A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dissolved organic matter; Methylmercury; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; DEAD CELLS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; L-CYSTEINE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIVE DIATOMS; MARINE DIATOMS; METHYL MERCURY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SULFUR;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CYCLOTELLA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LABORATORY METHOD; METHYLMERCURY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CYSTEINE; DIATOMS; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAN FRANCISCO;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 84864012173     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1885     Document Type: Article

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