Thiols in wetland interstitial waters and their role in mercury and methylmercury speciation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2276-2286

  Zhang, Jinzhong ^a,b   Wang, Feiyue ^a   House, James D ^a   Page, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; FRESHWATER; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THIOL; WETLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9244238730     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.6.2276     Document Type: Article

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