Watershed and discharge influences on the phase distribution and tributary loading of total mercury and methylmercury into Lake Superior

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 299-310

  Babiarz, Christopher ^a   Hoffmann, Stephen ^a,b   Wieben, Ann ^a   Hurley, James ^a   Andren, Anders ^a   Shafer, Martin ^a   Armstrong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Dissolved organic matter; Freshwater rivers; Partition coefficient; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; CLAY SEDIMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER RIVERS; GEOLOGICAL SUBSTRATES; HUMAN IMPACT; LAKE SUPERIOR; MERCURY LEVELS; METHYL MERCURY; NEAR-SHORE ZONES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; SUBBASINS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER DISCHARGES; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; LAND USE; LOADING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAKES;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

COLLOID; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PARTITIONING; RIVER; TRIBUTARY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAKE; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHASE TRANSITION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREND STUDY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER LOADING; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO; QUEBEC; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84855612876     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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