Mercury concentrations and loads in a large river system tributary to San Francisco Bay, California, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2091-2100

  David, Nicole ^a   Mckee, Lester J ^a   Black, Frank J ^b   Flegal, A Russell ^b   Conaway, Christopher H ^b   Schoellhamer, David H ^c   Ganju, Neil K ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Loads; Mercury; Sacramento River; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

HIGH-FLOW EVENTS; LARGE RIVER SYSTEM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONG-TERM RECOVERY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; STRONG CORRELATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER SAMPLES; WATER YEAR;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOODS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; WATER;

CLEANUP; DATA SET; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOOD TIDE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 70449884668     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-482.1     Document Type: Article

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