In situ experiments for element species-specific environmental reactivity of tin and mercury compounds using isotopic tracers and multiple linear regression

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1269-1280

  Rodriguez Gonzalez, Pablo ^a   Bouchet, Sylvain ^a   Monperrus, Mathilde ^a   Tessier, Emmanuel ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling of organometallic pollutants; Coastal field experiments; Species specific stable isotope tracers

Indexed keywords

BUTYLTIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL WATER; DECONVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HALF LIFE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PERSISTENCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIN; TRACER; TRANSFORMATION;

ADOUR ESTUARY; AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; FRANCE; GIRONDE;

EID: 84874293233     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1019-5     Document Type: Article

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