Using the INCA-Hg model of mercury cycling to simulate total and methyl mercury concentrations in forest streams and catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-231

  Futter, M N ^a   Poste, A E ^b   Butterfield, D ^c   Dillon, P J ^b   Whitehead, P G ^d   Dastoor, A P ^e   Lean, D R S ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EnMoSys   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catchment model; Dorset; Forest stream biogeochemistry; INCA; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PROCESS; BOREAL FORESTS; CATCHMENT MODELS; CATCHMENT SOILS; DORSET; FIRST ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INCA; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MERCURY CYCLING; METHYL MERCURY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; STREAM WATER; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CATCHMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MODELING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ONTARIO; RIVERS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; MERCURY; RUNOFF; WATER;

CANADA;

EID: 84859756530     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.048     Document Type: Article

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