Tidal exchange of total mercury and methylmercury between a salt marsh and a Chesapeake Bay sub-estuary

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 583-600

  Mitchell, Carl P J ^a,b   Jordan, Thomas E ^b   Heyes, Andrew ^c   Gilmour, Cynthia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Mercury; Methylmercury; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873116043     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9691-y     Document Type: Article

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