Sampling for mercury at subnanogram per litre concentrations for load estimation in rivers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1073-1079

  Colman, John A ^a   Breault, Robert F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MONOMETHYL MERCURY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033926528     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-040     Document Type: Article

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