Methylmercury photodegradation in surface water of the Florida everglades: Importance of dissolved organic matter-methylmercury complexation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7333-7340

  Tai, Chao ^a,c   Li, Yanbin ^b,c   Yin, Yongguang ^c,d   Scinto, Leonard J ^c   Jiang, Guibin ^d   Cai, Yong ^c  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEIONIZED WATER; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS;

DIRECT PHOTODEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; HYDRATED ELECTRON; HYDROXYL RADICALS; INTRA-MOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; STABLE ISOTOPES;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DITHIOTHREITOL; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHYLMERCURY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SINGLET OXYGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

COMPLEXATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FREE RADICAL; METHYLMERCURY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCAVENGER; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENERATOR; PHOTODEGRADATION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLUTIONS; SUPEROXIDES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903723592     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500316d     Document Type: Article

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