Mercury export to the Arctic Ocean from the Mackenzie River, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7644-7654

  Emmerton, Craig A ^a   Graydon, Jennifer A ^a   Gareis, Jolie A L ^b   St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Lesack, Lance F W ^b   Banack, Janelle K A ^a   Hicks, Faye ^a   Nafziger, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MERCURY (METAL); OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

FLOOD-PLAINS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY EXPORT; METHYLMERCURY; PARTICLE SETTLING; TOTAL MERCURIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; MARINE POLLUTION; METHYLMERCURY; OPEN WATER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; ICE COVER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHYLATION; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ALBERTA; ARCTIC REGIONS; MERCURY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84880533382     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400715r     Document Type: Article

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