Mercury and methylmercury in runoff from a forested catchment - Concentrations, fluxes, and their response to manipulations

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 607-618

  Munthe, John ^a   Hultberg, Hans ^a  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catchment; Lake G rdsj n; Mercury; Methylmercury; Runoff

Indexed keywords

FORESTED CATCHMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 4344594486     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000028381.04393.ed     Document Type: Article

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