Eight boreal wetlands as sources and sinks for methyl mercury in relation to soil acidity, C/N ratio, and small-scale flooding

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8052-8060

  Tjerngren, Ida ^a   Meili, Markus ^b   Björn, Erik ^c   Skyllberg, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL WETLANDS; C/N RATIO; DEMETHYLATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLUTINOSA; INPUT-OUTPUT; INTERMEDIATE CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCE; METHYL MERCURY; NUTRIENT STATUS; RUNOFF DATA; SOIL ACIDITY; WETLAND SOILS;

ALKYLATION; CATCHMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); METHYLATION; NUTRIENTS; SOILS;

WETLANDS;

METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

ACIDITY; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOODING; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL SINK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMETHYLATION; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; METHYLATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SWAMP; WETLAND;

ACIDS; CARBON; FLOODS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; SOIL; UNCERTAINTY; WETLANDS;

SWEDEN;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA;

EID: 84864645679     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300845x     Document Type: Article

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