Atmospheric mercury exchange with a tallgrass prairie ecosystem housed in mesocosms

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 227-238

  Stamenkovic, Jelena ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^a   Arnone III, John A ^b   Johnson, Dale W ^a   Larsen, Jessica D ^b   Verburg, Paul S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic flux chamber; Mercury flux; Modeling ecosystem exchange

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUXES; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOILS;

ANNUAL FLUXES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BARE SOILS; CANOPY COVERAGE; DYNAMIC FLUX CHAMBER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTORS CONTROLLING; HG FLUX; MERCURY FLUX; MESOCOSM; MESOCOSMS; MODELING ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PLANT CANOPIES; PLANT FOLIAGE; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT UPTAKE; SOIL FLUXES; SURFACE FLUXES; SYSTEM FLUX; TALL GRASS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL SCALING;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MESOCOSM; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PRAIRIE;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOLIAGE; GRASS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLANT AGE; PLANT LITTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TIME; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53049086951     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.047     Document Type: Article

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