Temporal and spatial influences of flooding on dissolved mercury in boreal reservoirs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 147-157

  Montgomery, Shelagh ^a,b   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Rheault, Isabelle ^a  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b Deline Uranium Team   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved methylmercury; Hydroelectric reservoirs; Water column

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

FLOOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; RESERVOIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; POWER PLANTS; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034626608     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00559-3     Document Type: Article

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