Land-sea mercury transport through a modified watershed, SE Brazil

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1929-1938

  Molisani, Mauricio Mussi ^a   Kjerfve, Björn ^b   Barreto, Renata ^c   Drude de Lacerda, Luiz ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dams; Mass balance; Mercury; Para ba do Sul River; Sepetiba Bay; Transport; Water diversion

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; MERCURY (METAL); WATERSHEDS;

MASS BALANCE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER DIVERSION;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

MERCURY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; MERCURY (METAL); SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATERSHEDS;

COASTAL WATER; DAM; DISCHARGE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO PARAIBA DO SUL; SEPETIBA BAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047101897     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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