Mercury in the sediments of the Marano and Grado Lagoon (northern Adriatic Sea): Sources, distribution and speciation

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-31

  Acquavita, Alessandro ^a,b   Covelli, Stefano ^b   Emili, Andrea ^b   Berto, Daniela ^c   Faganeli, Jadran ^d   Giani, Michele ^e   Horvat, Milena ^f   Koron, NeŽa ^d,f   Rampazzo, Federico ^c  

^a Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente del Friuli Venezia Giulia ARPA FVG   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^f JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; Humic acids; Lagoons; Mercury; Methylmercury; Northern Adriatic Sea; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HUMIC ACID; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; GORIZIA; GRADO LAGOON; ISONZO RIVER; ITALY; MARANO LAGOON; UDINE;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84867915654     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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