A screening model analysis of mercury sources, fate and bioaccumulation in the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-63

  Harris, Reed ^a   Pollman, Curtis ^b   Hutchinson, David ^a   Landing, William ^c   Axelrad, Donald ^d   Morey, Steven L ^c   Dukhovskoy, Dmitry ^c   Vijayaraghavan, Krish ^e  

^a Reed Harris Environmental Ltd   (Canada)

^b Aqua Lux Lucis Inc   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^e ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of mexico; Mass balance; Mercury; Methylmercury; Modeling

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; HUMANS; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84870389957     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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