Controls on the fate and transport of methylmercury in a boreal headwater catchment, northwestern Ontario, Canada

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 785-794

  Branfireun, B A ^a   Roulet, N T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal catchment; Canada; Hydrology; Methylation; Methylmercury; Ontario; Peatland

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; METHYLMERCURY; PEATLAND; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036698465     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-6-785-2002     Document Type: Article

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