Potential sources of methylmercury in tree foliage

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-87

  Tabatchnick, Melissa D ^a   Nogaro, Géraldine ^a   Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Elemental mercury; Litterfall; Methylation; Root uptake

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FOREST SOILS; IN-VIVO; LITTERFALLS; METHYL MERCURY; POTENTIAL SOURCES; ROOT UPTAKE; TOXIC METHYLMERCURY; TREE FOLIAGE; TRUNK DIAMETERS;

ALKYLATION; FORESTRY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

METHYLMERCURY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; LITTERFALL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TREE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIAGE; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; TREE TRUNK; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OHIO; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

ALKYLATION; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; PLANTS; SOIL;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053902541     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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