Regional and seasonal inputs of mercury into Lake St. Pierre (St. Lawrence River), a major commercial and sports fisheries in Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 85-97

  Caron, Sébastien ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake St. Pierre; Mercury loadings; Methylmercury; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

LAKE ST. PIERRE; MERCURY LOADINGS; METHYLMERCURY; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; WETLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISHERY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PERCIFORM; PERTURBATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RESUSPENSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKE; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SPRING; WETLAND; WINTER;

CANADA; LAC SAINT PIERRE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT FRANCOIS BAY; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 52549129627     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9729-5     Document Type: Article

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