Let S = k[x1, . . . , xn] be a polynomial ring over a field k with n variables x1, . . . , xn, m the irrelevant maximal ideal of S, I a monomial ideal in S and I ′ the polarization of I in the polynomial ring S′ with ρ variables. We show that each graded piece H i m (S/I)a, a ∈ Z , of the local cohomology module H i m (S/I) is isomorphic to a specific graded pieceH i+ρ−n m ′ (S′/I )α, α ∈ Z , o...

Formulas are obtained in terms of complete reductions for the bigraded components of local cohomology modules of bigraded Rees algebras of 0-dimensional ideals in 2-dimensional Cohen-Macaulay local rings. As a consequence, cohomological expressions for the coefficients of the Bhattacharya polynomial of such ideals are obtained.