Mercury cycling in Lake Gordon and Lake Pedder, Tasmania (Australia). I: In-lake processes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 3-23

  Bowles, Karl C ^a,b   Apte, Simon C ^a   Maher, William A ^b   Blühdorn, David R ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Inland Fisheries Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lake Gordon; Lake Pedder; Mercury; Methylation; Methylmercury; Natural water; Reservoir; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); RAIN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WETLANDS;

FRESHWATER SYSTEMS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RAIN;

CYCLICITY; LAKE WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; RESERVOIR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; LAKE; METHYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042242622     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024543420055     Document Type: Article

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