Mercury and organic carbon relationships in streams draining forested upland/peatland watersheds

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 766-775

  Kolka, R K ^a   Grigal, D F ^b   Verry, E S ^c   Nater, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); RUNOFF; SOILS; WETLANDS;

PEATLAND WATERSHEDS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPLAND WATERSHEDS;

WATERSHEDS;

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032912368     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800030006x     Document Type: Article

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