Relationship between the loading rate of inorganic mercury to aquatic ecosystems and dissolved gaseous mercury production and evasion

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2199-2207

  Poulain, Alexandre J ^a   Orihel, Diane M ^b,c   Amyot, Marc ^a   Paterson, Michael J ^c   Hintelmann, Holger ^d   Southworth, George R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Dissolved gaseous mercury; Evasion; METAALICUS; Stable isotope; Sulfur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY; METAALICUS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; MERCURY 202; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DISSOLVED GAS; LOADING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MESOCOSM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; FILM; GAS EXCHANGE; LAKE; MESOCOSM;

EID: 33751309626     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.066     Document Type: Article

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