Impacts of reservoir creation on the biogeochemical cycling of methyl mercury and total mercury in boreal upland forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-266

  Hall, B D ^a,e,f   St Louis, V L ^a   Rolfhus, K R ^b   Bodaly, R A ^c   Beaty, K G ^c   Paterson, M J ^c   Cherewyk, K A Peech ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental Lakes Area; MeHg production; Mercury; Methylmercury; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESERVOIR FLOODING;

CANADA; EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21144452168     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-003-0094-3     Document Type: Article

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