Mercury in the air, water and biota at the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 255-268

  Peterson, Christianna ^a   Gustin, Mae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry deposition; Great Salt Lake; Mercury; Mercury depletion events; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; DRY DEPOSITION; GREAT SALT LAKE; MERCURY; MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS; OZONE; UTAH , USA;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIRD; CRUSTACEAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OZONE; STOPOVER;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DATA ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AIR; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UTAH; WATER;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ARTEMIA; AVES;

EID: 52949085161     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.046     Document Type: Article

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