Mercury deposition through litterfall in an Atlantic Forest at Ilha Grande, Southeast Brazil

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2477-2484

  Silva Filho, Emmanoel V ^a   Machado, Wilson ^a   Oliveira, Rogério R ^b   Sella, Silvia M ^a   Lacerda, Luiz D ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Litterfall; Mercury; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL);

ATLANTIC FORESTS; LITTERFALL;

FORESTRY;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; MERCURY (METAL);

DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LITTERFALL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOREST; LITTER FALL; METEOROLOGY;

CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; MERCURY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; ILHA GRANDE; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750972035     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.04.053     Document Type: Article

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