Release of arsenite, arsenate and methyl-arsenic species from streambed sediment affected by acid mine drainage: A microcosm study

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 514-524

  Héry, Marina ^a   Casiot, Corinne ^a   Resongles, Eléonore ^a   Gallice, Zoe ^a   Bruneel, Odile ^a,b   Desoeuvre, Angélique ^a   Delpoux, Sophie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Laboratoire Mixte International Biotechnologie Microbienne et Végétale Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire Faculté des Sciences   (Morocco)

Author keywords

bacterial communities; biomethylation.

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAM BED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84907601372     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN13225     Document Type: Article

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