Half a century of mercury contamination in lake Vänern (Sweden)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 285-300

  Wihlborg, P ^a   Danielsson, A ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

137Cs; Cluster analysis; Lake V nern; Mercury accumulation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LAKES; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS;

137CS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LAKE VÄNERN; MERCURY ACCUMULATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

CESIUM 137; LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LAKES; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE VANERN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645509500     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-3121-0     Document Type: Article

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