Trace metals in aquatic systems / Robert P. Mason.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Introduction
1.1 A Historical Background to Metal Aquatic Chemistry
1.2. Historical Problems with Metal Measurements in Environmental Media
1.3 Recent Advances in Aquatic Metal Analysis

2: An Introduction to the Cycling of Metals in the Biosphere
2.1 The Hydrologic Cycle
2.2 An Introduction to the Global Cycling of Trace Metals
2.3 Global Cycles of Some Important Trace Metals
2.4 Chapter Summary - Main Points

3: Chemical Thermodynamics and Metal(loid) Complexation in Natural Waters
3.1 Thermodynamic Background for Understanding Trace Metal(loid) Complexation
3.2 Bonding, Electronic Configuration and Complex Formation 3.3 Complexation of Metals in Solution
3.4 Trace Metal Interactions with the Solid Phase
3.5. Redox Transformations and Thermodynamic Calculations 3.6. Chapter Summary

4: Modeling Approaches to Estimating Speciation and Interactions in Aqueous Systems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Underlying Basis and Application of Chemical Equilibrium Models
4.3 Adsorption Modeling
4.4 Modeling Interactions between Cations and Organic Matter and Inorganic Surfaces
4.5 Modeling Redox Transformations
4.6 Modeling the Kinetics of Reactions
4.7 Incorporating Kinetics and Thermodynamics into Fate and Transport Modeling
4.8. Chapter Summary

5: Metal(loid)s in the Atmosphere and their Inputs to Surface Waters
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Atmospheric Transport and Deposition
5.3 Atmospheric Chemistry and Surface Water Photochemistry of Metals
5.4 Solubilization of Aerosol Metal(loid)s in Natural Waters
5.5 Focus Topics
5.6 Inputs of Atmospheric Metals to the Biosphere
5.7 Chapter Summary

6: Trace Metal(loid)s in Marine Waters
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Metal(loid) Partitioning in Coastal and Open Ocean Waters 6.3 Metals in Coastal and Offshore Sediments
6.4 Metal Distributions in Open Ocean Waters
6.5 Chapter Summary

7: Trace Metals in Freshwater
7.1 Overview of Metal cycling in Freshwaters
7.2 Trace Element Cycling in Lakes
7.3 Trace Elements in Rivers and Groundwater
7.4 Human Activities and Their Impact on Trace metal(loid) Concentration in Drinking Water and Receiving Waters
7.5 Metal Stable Isotopes and Their Uses
7.6 Chapter Summary

8: Trace Metals and Organisms: Essential and Toxic Metals, Organometallics, Microbial Processes and Metal bioaccumulation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Mechanisms of Metal Accumulation by Microorganisms
8.3 Essential Trace Metals
8.4 Organometallic Compounds and Microbial Transformation of Metals
8.5 Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation
8.6 Chapter Summary

References
Problems
Index .

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