Elevated concentrations of methyl mercury in streams after forest clear-cut: A consequence of mobilization from soil or new methylation?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8535-8541

  Skyllberg, Ulf ^a   Westin, Mattias Björkman ^a   Meili, Markus ^b   Björn, Erik ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITIES; ELECTRON DONORS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; FOREST STAND; LOGGING RESIDUES; METHYL MERCURY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STREAMS DRAINING;

ALKYLATION; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CALCIUM; CARBON; IRON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SULFATE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LOGGING (TIMBER); MANGANESE; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MOBILIZATION; NITRATE; PH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; METHYLATION; NORWAY SPRUCE; STREAM (RIVER); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

FORESTRY; METALS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 72249121649     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900996z     Document Type: Article

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