MercNet: A national monitoring network to assess responses to changing mercury emissions in the United States

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1713-1725

  Schmeltz, David ^a   Evers, David C ^b   Driscoll, Charles T ^c   Artz, Richard ^d   Cohen, Mark ^d   Gay, David ^e   Haeuber, Richard ^a   Krabbenhoft, David P ^f   Mason, Robert ^g   Morris, Kristi ^h   Wiener, James G ⁱ  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological effects; MercNet; Mercury; Mercury regulation; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONITORING SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CANADA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCNET; MERCURIALISM; MULTIMEDIA; ONLINE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WORKSHOP;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054942827     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0756-4     Document Type: Article

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