Influence of the forest canopy on total and methyl mercury deposition in the boreal forest

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 199, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Witt, E L ^a   Kolka, R K ^b   Nater, E A ^c   Wickman, T R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Superior National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Canopy; Methyl mercury; Throughfall; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY; METHYL MERCURY; THROUGHFALL; TOTAL MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST CANOPY; METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; THROUGHFALL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER; DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTIVITY; TAIGA; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MERCURY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLES; SOFTWOODS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 67349137919     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9854-1     Document Type: Article

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