Benthic fluxes of mercury during redox changes in pristine coastal marine sediments from the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1604-1614

  Koron, Neza ^a,b   Faganeli, Jadran ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Mercury; Northern Adriatic; Oxygen depletion; Pore waters

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FLUX; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC ACID; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MICROCOSM; POREWATER; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STRATIFICATION; SULFIDE; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; IDRIJA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84869507653     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0602-1     Document Type: Article

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