Controls on mercury and methylmercury deposition for two watersheds in Acadia National Park, Maine

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 55-67

  Johnson, Ken B ^a   Haines, T A ^a,b   Kahl, J S ^a,d   Norton, S A ^a   Amirbahman, Aria ^c   Sheehan, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; Atmospheric deposition; Maine USA; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Through fall

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MERCURY (METAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTAMINATED AIR; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; METHYL MERCURY; THROUGHFALL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INTERCEPTION; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THROUGHFALL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; LITTER FALL; NATIONAL PARK; PRECIPITATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MAINE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847266291     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9331-5     Document Type: Article

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