Methylmercury in arctic Alaskan mosquitoes: Implications for impact of atmospheric mercury depletion events

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-130

  Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^a   Fitzgerald, William F ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Bioavailability; Biological monitoring.

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MOSQUITO; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 42949158702     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN08003     Document Type: Article

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