Watershed influences on the transport, fate and bioavailability of mercury in Lake Superior: Field measurements and modelling approaches

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-206

  Back, Richard C ^a   Hurley, James P ^b   Rolfhus, Kristopher R ^b  

^a LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biomagnification; Geographic information systems; Great Lakes; Land use; Methylmercury; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER DISCHARGE; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE SUPERIOR); UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036766077     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1770.2002.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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