Mercury flux to sediments of Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 399-407

  Drevnick, Paul E ^a,b,c   Shinneman, Avery L C ^d   Lamborg, Carl H ^b   Engstrom, Daniel R ^e   Bothner, Michael H ^f   Oris, James T ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Lake Tahoe; Mercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALPINE LAKES; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CALIFORNIA; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; FLUX RATIO; HIGH FLUX; LAKE TAHOE; MERCURY FLUXES; MERCURY SEDIMENT; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; REACTIVE GASEOUS;

EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAKE SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953616192     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0262-y     Document Type: Article

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