Mercury dynamics and transport in two Adirondack lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 413-427

  Selvendiran, Pranesh ^a,c   Driscoll, Charles T ^a   Montesdeoca, Mario R ^a   Choi, Hyun Deok ^b   Holsen, Thomas M ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c Ann Arbor ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE POLLUTION; LANDSCAPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ADIRONDACK LAKE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARBUTUS;

EID: 63549116384     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.2.0413     Document Type: Article

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