Interactions of mercury with different molecular weight fractions of humic substances in aquatic systems

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 931-939

  Chakraborty, Parthasarathi ^a   Yao, Koffi Marcellin ^a,b   Chennuri, Kartheek ^a   Vudamala, Krishna ^a   Raghunadh Babu, P V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Fate of Hg DOC complexes, Hg pollution; Hg speciation; Molecular weight distribution of humic substances; Ultrafiltration technique

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; BASIC CONDITIONS; HG POLLUTION; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LOW IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTION;

IONIC STRENGTH;

AGGREGATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

EID: 84904383477     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-3028-1     Document Type: Article

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