A mass balance inventory of mercury in the Arctic Ocean

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-111

  Outridge, P M ^a,e   MacDonald, R W ^b,e   Wang, F ^c,e   Stern, G A ^d,e   Dastoor, A P ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; COASTAL EROSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEAWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WET DEPOSITION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 42949135896     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN08002     Document Type: Review

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