Mercury in a boreal forest stream - Role of historical mercury pollution, TOC, temperature, and water discharge

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3514-3521

  Regnell, Olof ^a   Watras, Carl J ^b   Troedsson, Bo ^c   Helgée, Anders ^d   Hammar, Tommy ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Eman Catchment Management Association   (Sweden)

^d Environmental and Health Office   (Sweden)

^e Kalmar County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; MERCURY POLLUTION; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER DISCHARGES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WET DEPOSITION;

CATCHMENTS; FIRE HAZARDS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); SWEDEN; TAIGA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WET DEPOSITION;

CARBON; GEOGRAPHY; IRON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 66249147227     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802991x     Document Type: Article

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