History of mercury inputs to Minnesota lakes: Influences of watershed disturbance and localized atmospheric deposition

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2467-2483

  Engstrom, Daniel R ^a   Balogh, Steven J ^b   Swain, Edward B ^c  

^a ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Council Environmental Services   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISTURBANCE; EMISSION; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METROPOLITAN AREA; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749009035     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.6.2467     Document Type: Article

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