Legacy and fate of mercury and methylmercury in the Florida everglades

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 496-501

  Liu, Guangliang ^a   Naja, G Melodie ^b   Kalla, Peter ^c   Scheidt, Dan ^c   Gaiser, Evelyn ^a   Cai, Yong ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Everglades Foundation   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY AND WET; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; MANAGEMENT UNIT; MASS BUDGET; MASS INVENTORY; MERCURY TRANSPORT; METHYLMERCURY; WATER CONSERVATION AREAS; WET SEASON;

BUDGET CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); PARKS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLOCCULATION; INFLOW; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATIONAL PARK; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651379975     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101207f     Document Type: Article

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