Effect of fire on pools of mercury in forest soil, central Europe

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Navrátil, Tomáš ^a   Hojdová, Maria ^a   Rohovec, Jan ^a   Penížek, Vít ^b   Vařilová, Zuzana ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Hg distribution in soil; Hg soil pools; Natural Hg emissions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BURNED AREAS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOREST FIRES; FOREST SOILS; FORESTED AREA; HG DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL; HG SOIL POOLS; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURAL HG EMISSIONS; ORGANIC SOIL; SWITZERLAND;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; LAKES; PARKS; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FIRE; FOREST SOIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; VOLATILIZATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FIRES; MERCURY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; VOLATILIZATION;

DEFORESTATION; DISTRIBUTION; FIRES; LAKES; MERCURY; SOIL;

EID: 67650444305     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9705-9     Document Type: Article

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