Mercury mass budget estimates and cycling seasonality in the Florida Everglades

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1954-1960

  Liu, Guangliang ^a   Cai, Yong ^a   Kalla, Peter ^b   Scheidt, Daniel ^b   Richards, Jennifer ^a   Scinto, Leonard J ^a   Gaiser, Evelyn ^a   Appleby, Charlie ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FISH;

BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MASS BUDGET ESTIMATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FISH; MERCURY (METAL);

BIOACCUMULATION; FRESHWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PERIPHYTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PERIPHYTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 41849108755     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7022994     Document Type: Article

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