Vertical stability of mercury in historic and prehistoric sediments from clear lake, California

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Suchanek, Thomas H ^a,c   Richerson, Peter J ^a   Zierenberg, Robert A ^a   Slotton, Darell G ^a   Mullen, Lauri H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Western Ecological Research Center ^*  (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Clear lake; Core; Diagenetic mobilization; Mercury; Methylmercury; Sediment; Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine; USA

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METABOLISM; MINING; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MERCURY; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67449105934     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1544.1     Document Type: Article

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