Methyl mercury production and loss in Arctic soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1691-1700

  Oiffer, Lindsay ^a   Siciliano, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Polar; Soil; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; MERCURY; METHYL MERCURY; POLAR; SOIL; WETLAND;

ALKYLATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POLAR REGION; SEDGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WETLANDS;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; TRUELOVE LOWLAND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 58849099489     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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