Some sources and sinks of monomethyl and inorganic mercury on ellesmere island in the canadian high arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2686-2701

  St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Sharp, Martin J ^a   Steffen, Alexandra ^b   May, Al ^a   Barker, Joel ^a   Kirk, Jane L ^a   Kelly, David J A ^a   Arnott, Shelley E ^c   Keatley, Bronwyn ^c   Smol, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; LEACHING; MELTING; OCEAN HABITATS; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

INORGANIC MERCURY; MONOMTHYL MERCURY (MMHG); POLYNYAS; SNOWPACKS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CHLORINE; FRESH WATER; ICE; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; GLACIER; HYPOTHESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING POINT; METHYLATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; POND; REDUCTION; SEA; SEA ICE; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WARMING; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEASONS; SNOW; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 20244383138     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049326o     Document Type: Article

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