Spatial patterns and temporal trends in mercury concentrations, precipitation depths, and mercury wet deposition in the North American Great Lakes region, 2002-2008

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-271

  Risch, Martin R ^a   Gay, David A ^b   Fowler, Kathleen K ^a   Keeler, Gerard J ^c   Backus, Sean M ^d   Blanchard, Pierrette ^d   Barres, James A ^c   Dvonch, J Timothy ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Mercury; Spatial patterns; Temporal trends; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES; HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA; WET DEPOSITION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WET DEPOSITION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054954755     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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