Mercury in aquatic systems in Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2235-2238

  Lyons, W Berry ^a   Welch, Kathleen A ^a   Bonzongo, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ICE; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); TRACE ELEMENTS; GEOPHYSICS;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC SYSTEMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANTARCTICA;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; BASELINE VALUES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; REMOTE LOCATION;

EID: 0033394401     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900539     Document Type: Article

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