1. Editorial

   • Luiz Drud de La Lacerda
   • Robert W. Howarth

   EditorialNotes Pages: 89 - 90

2. Mercury distribution in sediment profiles from lakes of the high pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

   • L. D. De Lacerda
   • W. Salomons
   • W. R. Bastos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 97

3. Atmospheric deposition to a rural tropical site

   • Cacilda Nascime De Carvalho
   • Jean Claud Leprun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 112

4. Heavy metal surveys in sediments of five important Cuban bays

   • Humberto González

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 128

5. Metabolism of a subtropical Brazilian lagoon

   • J. P. Carmouze
   • B. Knoppers
   • P. Vasconcelos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 148

6. Trophic state and water turn-over time in six choked coastal lagoons in Brazil

   • Bastiaan Knoppers
   • Björn Kjerfve
   • Jean-Pierre Carmouze

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 166