Horizontal and vertical variability of mercury species in pore water and sediments in small lakes in Ontario

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 386, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 53-64

  He, Tianrong ^a,b   Lu, Julia ^a   Yang, Fan ^c   Feng, Xinbin ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake; Methylmercury; Pore water; Sediment core; Surface sediment; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

METHYLMERCURY; SEDIMENT CORE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL MERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

LEAD 210; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; MARY LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PHILIPS LAKE; SAINT GEORGE LAKE;

EID: 34548426019     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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