Distribution of Total and Organic Mercury in Superficial Soils in the Upper Manzanares River Watershed, Sucre State, Venezuela

Total and organic mercury contents were determined from samples of surface soils (0-5 cm), sieved at ≤63 μm. collected from 10 different locations in the upper Manzanares River watershed, using cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy. Methylmercury was determined using a HPLC-UV detector. The mean...

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Main Authors: Yahsέ Rojas Challa, Luisa Rojas de Astudillo, Armando Ramirez, Andrέs Escalona, Gregorio Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Air, Soil and Water Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/ASWR.S811