Xylem sap as a pathway for total mercury and methylmercury transport from soils to tree canopy in the boreal forest

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 101-113

  Bishop, Kevin H ^a   Lee, Ying Hua ^b   Munthe, John ^b   Dambrine, Etienne ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Litterfall; Mercury; Methylmercury; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

BOREAL ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAP; SOIL;

EID: 0031909402     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005983932240     Document Type: Article

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