Landscape controls on total and methyl Hg in the upper Hudson River basin, New York, USA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Burns, D A ^a   Riva Murray, K ^a   Bradley, P M ^a   Aiken, G R ^a   Brigham, M E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; HUDSON BASIN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858816269     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001812     Document Type: Article

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