A regional mass balance of methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, California, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-96

  Yee, Donald ^a   McKee, Lester J ^a   Oram, John J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental modeling; Fate; Mercury; Transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALIFORNIA , USA; DATA GAP; DEMETHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; EXTERNAL LOADING; EXTERNAL LOADS; FATE; GOLDEN GATE; HG MINING; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY; METHYL MERCURY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL SCALE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; SPORTFISH; STEADY-STATE CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT; WATER COLUMNS; WATERBODIES;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; METHYLATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATERSHEDS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

METHYLMERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HEALTH RISK; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMETHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGY; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650475098     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.366     Document Type: Article

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