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Kinetics of Trace Element Complexation with Suspended Matter and with Filterable Ligands in Freshwater J E A N - M A R I E G A R N I E R , * ,† MAI KHANH PHAM,† PHILIPPE CIFFROY,‡ AND J E A N - M A R I E M A R T I N †,§ Institut de Bioge´ochimie Marine, URA CNRS 386, Ecole Normale Supe´rieure, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France, and E.D.F. Direction des Etudes et Recherches, De´partement Environnement, 6 Quai Watier, 78401 Chatou, France
Using tagged river suspended matter with trace elements (Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Ag, Cd, and Cs), the kinetic binding of these elements onto particles as well as the kinetics of the speciation within the filterable phase (