The effect of fire on mercury cycling in the soils of forested watersheds: Acadia National Park, Maine, U.S.A

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 315-331

  Amirbahman, Aria ^a   Ruck, Philip L ^a   Fernandez, Ivan J ^b   Haines, Terry A ^c   Kahl, Jeffery S ^d  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Watershed Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; Fire; Forest soil mercury; Forested watershed; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COMPLEXATION; FORESTRY; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MERCURY CYCLING;

WATERSHEDS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

FOREST FIRE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; FOREST SOIL; ISOTHERM; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; IMPLETA;

EID: 1542376128     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:wate.0000015369.02804.15     Document Type: Article

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