Mercury transport between sediments and the overlying water of the St. Lawrence River area of concern near Cornwall, Ontario

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1487-1493

  Delongchamp, Tania M ^a   Ridal, Jeffrey J ^b   Lean, David R S ^a   Poissant, Laurier ^c   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CORNWALL; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; MERCURY FLUXES; MERCURY TRANSPORT; METHYL MERCURY; ONTARIO; OVERLYING WATER; PORE WATERS; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER;

SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; ONTARIO; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CORNWALL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 77949917937     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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