Arsenic and mercury concentrations in major landscape components of an intensively cultivated watershed

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-74

  Cooper, C M ^a   Gillespie, W B ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Mercury; Mississippi; Moon Lake; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MISSISSIPPI; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0343962217     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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