Ebullition rates and mercury concentrations in St. Lawrence river sediments and a benthic invertebrate

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 857-865

  Razavi, N Roxanna ^a   Ridal, Jeffrey J ^a,b   de Wit, William ^b   Hickey, M Brian C ^a,b   Campbell, Linda M ^a,c   Hodson, Peter V ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Gas; Methane; Methylmercury; Pore water

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; PORE WATERS; TREND-SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GASES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHANE; OCEAN HABITATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WATER;

VAPORS;

MERCURY; METHANE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; METHANE; METHYLMERCURY; POREWATER; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTIC STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EBULLITION; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875483606     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2118     Document Type: Article

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