Contemporary and preindustrial mass budgets of mercury in the Hudson Bay Marine System: The role of sediment recycling

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 190-204

  Hare, Alexander ^a,b   Stern, Gary A ^a,b   Macdonald, Robie W ^a,c   Kuzyk, Zou Zou ^a,b   Wang, Feiyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Hudson Bay; Mass budgets; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUXES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RECYCLING; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPACE PROBES;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATE WARMING; HUDSON BAY; MARINE SYSTEMS; MASS BUDGETS; MERCURY; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT BURIAL; SEDIMENT RECYCLING; SEDIMENTARY BURIAL; SHALLOW WATERS; SOURCE TERMS; WATER COLUMN;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; LOADING; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RECYCLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOTA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RIVER; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53049094627     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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