Influence of forest canopies on the deposition of methylmercury to boreal ecosystem watersheds

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5178-5185

  Mowat, Linnea D ^a   St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Graydon, Jennifer A ^a   Lehnherr, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS; DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST CANOPIES; HALF LIVES; JACK PINE; LITTERFALLS; METHYL MERCURY; MICRO-FIBER; THROUGHFALL; WET DEPOSITION;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LOADING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ;

WATERSHEDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOREAL KINGDOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITTERFALL; METHYLMERCURY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; THROUGHFALL; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIRCH; CANOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; FOLIAGE; HALF LIFE TIME; PINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SPRUCE; WATERSHED; WET DEPOSITION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; LIGHT; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; TREES; WATER;

PICEA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 79959244261     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es104377y     Document Type: Article

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