A synthesis of rates and controls on elemental mercury evasion in the Great Lakes Basin

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-298

  Denkenberger, Joseph S ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^a   Branfireun, Brian A ^b   Eckley, Chris S ^c   Cohen, Mark ^d   Selvendiran, Pranesh ^e  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LimnoTech   (United States)

Author keywords

Evasion; Great Lakes; Land cover; Mercury; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL MERCURY; EVASION; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES BASIN; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER TYPES; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; OPEN WATER;

ESTIMATION; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

LAKES;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; LAKE POLLUTION; LAND COVER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY GRADIENT; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LITTER FALL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WET DEPOSITION; WETLAND;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREAT LAKES REGION; MERCURY; ONTARIO; QUEBEC;

GREAT LAKES BASIN;

EID: 80054954302     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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