Spatial and temporal variation of THg concentrations in run-off water from 19 boreal catchments, 2000-2010

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-109

  Eklöf, Karin ^a   Fölster, Jens ^a   Sonesten, Lars ^a   Bishop, Kevin ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Mercury; Time series; TOC; Trend analyses

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; BOREAL CATCHMENTS; DATA SETS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOC; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREND ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COBALT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM; SURFACE WATER; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ABSORBANCE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

MERCURY; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84858325073     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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