Mercury in the Mackenzie River delta and estuary: Concentrations and fluxes during open-water conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2980-2988

  Graydon, Jennifer A ^a   Emmerton, Craig A ^b   Lesack, Lance F W ^b   Kelly, Erin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Delta; Estuary; Mackenzie River; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; DELTA; MACKENZIE RIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS;

RIVERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; ESTUARY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING; OPEN WATER; RIVER WATER;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 61449184432     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.060     Document Type: Article

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