Mercury isotopes in a forested ecosystem: Implications for air-surface exchange dynamics and the global mercury cycle

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 222-238

  Demers, Jason D ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Zak, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Surface Exchange; Forested Ecosystems; Mercury Biogeochemistry; Mercury Stable Isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

AIR-SURFACE EXCHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); STABLE ISOTOPE;

RHINELANDER; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

POPULUS;

EID: 84879204393     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20021     Document Type: Article

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