Quantifying the fate of mercury in the Great Lakes Basin: Toward an ecosystem approach

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-304

  Mackay, Don ^a   Toose, Liisa ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Great Lakes; Mercury; Model; PCBs

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042646539     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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