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Relationships between bacterial energetic metabolism, mercury methylation potential, and hgcA/hgcB gene expression in Desulfovibrio dechloroacetivorans BerOc1
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Concentrations of inorganic tin (Sninorg), tributyltin (TBT) and its degradation products dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT) were measured in surface sediments and in two cores from the Toulon Bay, hosting t...
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Silver behaviour along the salinity gradient of the Gironde Estuary
Dissolved and particulate Ag concentrations (AgD and AgP, respectively) were measured in surface water and suspended particulate matter (SPM) along the salinity gradient of the Gironde Estuary, South West France,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Behavior of dissolved trace metals by discharging wastewater effluents into receiving water
Municipal wastewater (WW) discharges induce various environmental impacts on receiving freshwater systems e.g. contribution to metal pollution. Besides the quantity of metal release, metal speciation and possi...