Total mercury in the water and sediments of St. Lawrence River wetlands compared with inland wetlands of Temagami - North Bay and Muskoka-Haliburton

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 148-154

  Thompson Roberts, E S ^a,b   Pick, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; MERCURY; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CANADA; MUSKOKA-HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS; ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; TEMAGAMI;

EID: 0034102254     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-57-s1-148     Document Type: Article

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