Photochemical formation of volatile mercury in high Arctic lakes

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2054-2063

  Amyot, Marc ^a,d   Lean, David ^b   Mierle, Greg ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Arctic; Mercury; Photoreduction; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

FULVIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MERCURY; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARCTIC REGION; LAKE; MERCURY; PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMATION; WETLANDS;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; LAKE; MERCURIALISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0030824723     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2054:PFOVMI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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