Photodecomposition of methylmercury in an arctic Alaskan lake

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1212-1216

  Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^a,b   Fitzgerald, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; IN SITU PROCESSING; LAKES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR RADIATION; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURFACE WATERS;

AQUATIC FOOD WEBS; MONOMETHYLMERCURY (MMHG); PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); SUNLIGHT-INDUCED DECOMPOSITION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; METHYLMERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

AQUACULTURE; IN SITU PROCESSING; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR RADIATION; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURFACE WATERS;

BIOACCUMULATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FILTER; FOOD WEB; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAKE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLYSIS; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144475043     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0513234     Document Type: Article

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