Net methylation of mercury in estuarine sediment microcosms amended with dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9133-9141

  Zhang, Tong ^a,c   Kucharzyk, Katarzyna H ^a   Kim, Bojeong ^b,d   Deshusses, Marc A ^a   Hsu Kim, Heileen ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SLURRIES;

ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; BACTERIAL CULTURES; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY METHYLATION; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFIDE; MERCURY SULFIDE; METHYLMERCURY; MOLYBDIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FRACTIONATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; SULFATE REDUCER; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906280156     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500336j     Document Type: Article

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