The influence of forestry activity on the structure of dissolved organic matter in lakes: Implications for mercury photoreactions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 880-893

  O'Driscoll, N J ^a   Siciliano, S D ^b   Peak, D ^b   Carignan, R ^c   Lean, D R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binding; DGM; Dissolved gaseous mercury; Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Forestry; Logging; Photoreactions; Solar radiation; Structure

Indexed keywords

LAKES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

BINDING; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (DOM); LOGGING; PHOTOREACTIONS;

FORESTRY;

MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FORESTRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; FREEZE DRYING; LAKE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FORESTRY; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; QUEBEC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FORESTRY; LAKES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC MATTER; SUN LIGHT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33745962803     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.067     Document Type: Article

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