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RELEASE OF METHYL MERCURY FROM SEDIMENTS WITH LAYERS CONTAINING INORGANIC MERCURY AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS
Author(s) -
JERNELÖV ARNE
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1970.15.6.0958
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , environmental chemistry , sediment , mercure , chemistry , mineralogy , geology , analytical chemistry (journal) , geomorphology , computer science , programming language
When no macroorganisms are present, deposits of inorganic mercury in the upper few centimeters of the sediment are responsible for almost the whole amount of released methyl mercury. If Tubificidae or Anodonta are present at high densities, deposits down to 2.5 or 9 cm from the surface, respectively, are effective.