Partitioning of dissolved thallium by seston in Lakes Erie and Ontario

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1369-1375

  Twiss, Michael R ^a,c   Twining, Benjamin S ^b   Fisher, Nicholas S ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SESTON; THALLIUM;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1042290831     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-119     Document Type: Article

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