The delivery of mercury to the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean by the Mackenzie River

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 178-195

  Leitch, Daniel R ^a   Carrie, Jesse ^a   Lean, David ^b   Macdonald, Robie W ^a,c   Stern, Gary A ^a,d   Wang, Feiyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Biogeochemistry; Climate variation; Mackenzie River; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; MACKENZIE RIVER;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; CLIMATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846260131     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.041     Document Type: Article

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