Streamwater particulate mercury and suspended sediment dynamics in a forested headwater catchment

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 23-36

  Riscassi, Ami L ^a   Hokanson, Kelly J ^a   Scanlon, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment; Particulate mercury; Streamwater; Suspended sediment; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONDITION; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH-FLOW EVENTS; HYDROGRAPHS; IN-SITU; ORGANIC CONTENT; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; PARTICULATE MERCURY; STORM DYNAMICS; STREAM WATER; STRONG CORRELATION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TEMPORAL VARIANCE; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VOLATILE SOLID;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISCHARGE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HYDROGRAPH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYSTERESIS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; STREAM (RIVER); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 80052285331     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0731-3     Document Type: Article

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