Methylmercury and dissolved organic carbon relationships in a wetland-rich watershed impacted by elevated sulfate from mining

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 321-327

  Berndt, Michael E ^a   Bavin, Travis K ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Iron mining; Methylmercury; Sulfate; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LOW FLOW; METHYL MERCURY; MINNESOTA; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SULFATE;

ALKYLATION; CARBON; DISSOLUTION; IONIC STRENGTH; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CARBON; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; METHYLMERCURY; MINING; RIVER POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE; TRIBUTARY; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; AUTUMN; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIC STRENGTH; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE PARTITIONING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; SUMMER; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; MINNESOTA; RIVERS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

MINNESOTA; SAINT LOUIS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054932370     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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