The deposition of mercury in throughfall and litterfall in the Lake Champlain watershed: A short-term study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3257-3263

  Rea, Anne W ^a   Keeler, Gerald J ^a   Scherbatskoy, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Foliage; Litterfall; Mercury; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; FOREST; LAKE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOLIAGE; HARDWOOD FORESTS; LITTERFALL; THROUGHFALL;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LITTERFALL; MERCURY; PRECIPITATION; THROUGHFALL; WATERSHED;

USA, NEW YORK, LAKE CHAMPLAIN; USA, VERMONT, LAKE CHAMPLAIN;

EID: 0030251164     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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