Assessment of the spatial distributions of total-and methyl-mercury and their relationship to sediment geochemistry from a whole-lake perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Rydberg, J ^a   Rosen P ^a   Lambertsson, L ^a   De Vleeschouwer, F ^a,b   Tomasdotter, S ^a   Bindler, R ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84869422849     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG001992     Document Type: Review

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