Mercury emission from a temperate lake during autumn turnover

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2909-2918

  Wollenberg, Jennifer L ^a   Peters, Stephen C ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic flux chamber; Lake turnover; Mercury emission

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; AQUATIC SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL CHANGES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; DYNAMIC FLUX CHAMBER; EMISSION RATES; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CYCLING; MERCURY EMISSION; MERCURY SPECIES; MERCURY TRANSPORTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TEMPERATE REGIONS; WATER CHEMISTRIES; WATER COLUMNS; WEATHER PARAMETERS; WINTER MONTHS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FIRE HAZARDS; LAKES; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; IRON; LIGHT; MERCURY; PENNSYLVANIA; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 61449178735     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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