Mercury inputs and outputs at a small lake in northern Minnesota

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-284

  Hines, Neal A ^a   Brezonik, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental mercury; Mercury; Methylmercury; Photodegradation; Photolysis; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SESTON; TRANSFORMATION; WATERSHED;

MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SPRING LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250314514     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9114-2     Document Type: Article

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