Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2265-2275

  Poulain, A J ^a   Amyot, M ^a   Findlay, D ^b   Telor, S ^c   Barkay, T ^c   Hintelmann, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; DISSOLVED GAS; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDUCTION;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 9244245265     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.6.2265     Document Type: Article

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