Impact of total organic carbon (in sediments) and dissolved organic carbon (in overlying water column) on Hg sequestration by coastal sediments from the central east coast of India

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 342-347

  Chakraborty, Parthasarathi ^a   Sharma, Brijmohan ^a,b   Raghunath Babu, P V ^a   Yao, Koffi Marcellin ^a,c   Jaychandran, Saranya ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Hg speciation; Hg sediment interaction; Hg TOC complexes; Humic acid Hg complexes

Indexed keywords

HG SPECIATION; HG-SEDIMENT INTERACTION; HG-TOC COMPLEXES; HUMIC ACID-HG COMPLEXES;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INDIA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893871928     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.028     Document Type: Article

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