Mercury speciation driven by seasonal changes in a contaminated estuarine environment

Environmental Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-178

  Bratkič, Arne ^a   Ogrinc, Nives ^a   Kotnik, Jože ^a   Faganeli, Jadran ^b   Žagar, Dušan ^c   Yano, Shinichiro ^d   Tada, Akihide ^e   Horvat, Milena ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Marine Biology Station   (Slovenia)

^c Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering   (Slovenia)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gulf of Trieste; Seasonality; So a Isonzo River estuary

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; REDOX POTENTIAL; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GULF OF TRIESTE; SEASONALITY; SOČA/ISONZO RIVER ESTUARY;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; SALINITY; SEASONS; SLOVENIA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84881544219     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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