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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-01-01
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Series: | Air, Soil and Water Research |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/ASWR.S811 |