Fate of mercury in tree litter during decomposition

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2507-2521

  Pokharel, A K ^a   Obrist, D ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HARVESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; LITTER; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERMEABILITY; RETENTION; SORPTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 80052705765     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2507-2011     Document Type: Article

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