A holocene perspective on algal mercury scavenging to sediments of an Arctic lake

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7135-7141

  Cooke, Colin A ^a,b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^b   Michelutti, Neal ^c   Balcom, Prentiss H ^d   Briner, Jason P ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CLIMATE WARMING; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HOLOCENES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAKE-SEDIMENT RECORDS; MULTI PROXIES; MULTIPLICATIVE EFFECTS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER COLUMNS;

LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CARBON; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCEPTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); WATER COLUMN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEDIMENT; SUMMER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CLIMATE; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; MERCURY; NUNAVUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84863509150     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3003124     Document Type: Article

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