Sediment processes and mercury transport in a frozen freshwater fluvial lake (Lake St. Louis, QC, Canada)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1294-1300

  Canário, João ^a   Poissant, Laurier ^b   O'Driscoll, Nelson ^c   Vale, Carlos ^a   Pilote, Martin ^b   Lean, David ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Diffusion; Lake St. Louis; Mercury; Mesocosm; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURIES; FLUVIAL LAKES; FRESH WATER LAKES; MERCURY; MERCURY FLUXES; MERCURY TRANSPORTS; MESOCOSM; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIONS; PARTICULATE MERCURIES; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL PROFILES; WATER COLUMNS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

DIFFUSION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MESOCOSM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESUSPENSION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FREEZING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; QUEBEC; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; LAKE SAINT LOUIS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 60949093036     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.042     Document Type: Article

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