Competitive ligand exchange reveals time dependant changes in the reactivity of Hg-dissolved organic matter complexes

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-501

  Miller, Carrie L ^a   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

complexation; kinetics; organic ligands; reactive mercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIGAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSFORMATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS;

EID: 84871639049     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN12096     Document Type: Article

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