Comment on climate change and mercury accumulation in Canadian high and subarctic lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6703-6704

  Outridge, P M ^a,b   Sanei, H ^b,c   Stern, G A ^b,d   Goodsite, M ^e   Hamilton, P B ^f   Carrie, J ^b   Goodarzi, F ^c   MacDonald, R W ^b,d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; ARCTIC; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIATOM; LAKE SEDIMENT; LETTER; NONHUMAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960932232     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2014709     Document Type: Letter

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