Diurnal trends in methylmercury concentration in a wetland adjacent to Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 78-86

  Naftz, David L ^a   Cederberg, Jay R ^a   Krabbenhoft, David P ^a   Beisner, Kimberly R ^a   Whitehead, John ^b   Gardberg, Jodi ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Utah Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Great Salt Lake; Mercury; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL CYCLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GREAT SALT LAKE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NIGHT-TIME COOLING; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; UTAH , USA; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SURFACE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; METHYLMERCURY; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER COLUMN; WETLAND;

GREAT SALT LAKE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79952897903     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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