Do wood fibers from a pulp mill affect the distribution of total and methyl mercury in river sediments?

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-73

  Fathi, Mahsa ^a   Ridal, Jeffrey J ^b   Lean, David R S ^c   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^c Lean Environmental   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methyl mercury; Porewater; Sediment; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; CORNWALL; FE REDUCTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYL MERCURY; ONTARIO; OVERLYING WATER; PORE WATERS; PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS; REFERENCE SITES; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SOLID-PHASE; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; SULFATE REDUCTION; TOTAL MERCURIES; WOOD FIBER;

ALKYLATION; EFFLUENTS; FIBERS; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN HABITATS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PULP MANUFACTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MILL; POREWATER; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE; WOOD;

MERCURY; METHYLATION; ONTARIO; POLLUTION; PULP MILLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; THUJA; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CANADA; CORNWALL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873750172     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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