Mercury distribution in Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1191-1198

  Campbell, Kym Rouse ^a   Ford, Clell J ^b   Levine, Daniel A ^c  

^a SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

^b Highlands Soil Water Conserv Dist   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methylmercury; Oak Ridge; Poplar Creek

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0031779964     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1191:MDIPCO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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