Climate induced thermocline change has an effect on the methyl mercury cycle in small boreal lakes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3639-3647

  Verta, Matti ^a   Salo, Simo ^a   Korhonen, Markku ^a   Porvari, Petri ^a   Paloheimo, Anna ^b   Munthe, John ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Pyhajarvi Institute   (Finland)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demethylation; Lakes; Methyl mercury; Methylation

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BOREAL LAKES; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; DEMETHYLATION; FREE LAYERS; HEAT CONTENTS; LAKE CHARACTERISTICS; MERCURY CHEMISTRY; METHYL MERCURY; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; REFERENCE SITES; SOUTHERN FINLAND; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; WATER PROFILES; WHOLE-LAKE; WIND SPEED;

ALKYLATION; EXPERIMENTS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); METHYLATION; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

METHYLMERCURY; OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EPILIMNION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYPOLIMNION; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINLAND; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FINLAND;

EID: 77953811828     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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