Stratigraphy and historic accumulation of mercury in recent depositional sediments in the Sudbury River, Massachusetts U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1062-1072

  Frazier, Bradley E ^a,d   Wiener, James G ^b   Rada, Ronald G ^a   Engstrom, Daniel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

MASSACHUSETTS; SUDBURY RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033941293     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-044     Document Type: Article

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