Estimation of mercury-sulfide speciation in sediment pore waters using octanol-water partitioning and implications

Janina M Benoit1,2, Robert P Mason1, Cynthia C Gilmour2

  • 1The University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Studies, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, P.O. Box 38, Solomons, Maryland 20688, USA.

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