Pools and fluxes of mercury and methylmercury in two forested catchments in Germany

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 213-223

  Schwesig, David ^a   Matzner, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deposition; Forested catchments; Heavy metals; Mercury; Methylmercury; Runoff; Soil

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; FOREST; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FOREST; GERMANY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034626606     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00565-9     Document Type: Article

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