Sulfur in the South Florida ecosystem: Distribution, sources, biogeochemistry, impacts, and management for restoration

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 249-288

  Orem, William ^a   Gilmour, Cynthia ^b   Axelrad, Donald ^c   Krabbenhoft, David ^a   Scheidt, Daniel ^d   Kalla, Peter ^d   McCormick, Paul ^e   Gabriel, Mark ^e   Aiken, George ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; methylmercury; sulfate; sulfur; water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPOSITION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CANAL WATER; DRAINAGE CANALS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVERGLADES; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MASS BALANCE; METHYL MERCURY; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PRIMARY SOURCES; RE-WETTING; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SHEETFLOWS; SOIL DRYING; SOUTH FLORIDA; STORMWATER TREATMENT AREAS; SULFATE; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE LEVELS; SULFATE REDUCTION; WATER CONSERVATION AREAS; WATER QUALITY ISSUES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CANALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LOADING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PARKS; RESTORATION; SOILS; STORM SEWERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

SULFUR;

GROUND WATER; METHYLMERCURY; PHOSPHATE; STORM WATER; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MASS BALANCE; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; STORMWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MARSH; NONHUMAN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED; WETLAND; WILDLIFE;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951837908     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.531201     Document Type: Article

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