Mercury fractionation in the sediments of Vembanad wetland, west coast of India

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 575-586

  Ramasamy, E V ^a   Toms, A ^a   Shylesh, C M S ^a   Jayasooryan, K K ^a   Mahesh, M ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Fractions; Mercury; Sediments; Vembanad

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; INDIA; SEDIMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; MERCURY; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

INDIA; KERALA; VEMBANAD WETLAND;

EID: 84865432170     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9457-z     Document Type: Article

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