Spatial and temporal assessment of mercury and organic matter in thermokarst affected lakes of the Mackenzie Delta uplands, NT, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8748-8755

  Deison, Ramin ^a   Smol, John P ^b   Kokelj, Steve V ^c   Pisaric, Michael F J ^d   Kimpe, Linda E ^a   Poulain, Alexandre J ^a   Sanei, Hamed ^e   Thienpont, Joshua R ^b   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NWT Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CANADA; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CASE-CONTROL; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; METHYL MERCURY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL ASSESSMENT; THAW SLUMP;

LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; THAWING;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLOROPHYLL A; LEAD 210; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHORELINE; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SLUMPING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THAWING; THERMOKARST; UPLAND REGION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DILUTION; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; PERMAFROST; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; THAWING;

LAKES; MERCURY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84865485925     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300798w     Document Type: Article

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