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Continuous proxy measurements reveal large mercury fluxes from glacial and forested watersheds in Alaska

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2017-12-01, Continuous proxy measurements reveal large mercury fluxes from glacial and forested watersheds in Alaska: Science of The Total Environment, p. 145-155.

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Abstract (from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717310288?via%3Dihub): In this study, a stream from a glacially dominated watershed and one from a wetland, temperate forest dominated watershed in southeast Alaska were continuously monitored for turbidity and fluorescence from dissolved organic matter (FDOM) while grab samples for unfiltered (UTHg), particulate (PTHg), and filtered mercury (FTHg) where taken over three 4-day periods (May snowmelt, July glacial melt, and September rainy season) during 2010. Strong correlations were found between FDOM and UTHg concentrations in the wetland, temperate forest watershed (r2 = 0.81), while turbidity and UTHg were highly correlated in the glacially dominated watershed [...]

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  • Alaska CASC
  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers

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citationTypeJournal Article
journalScience of The Total Environment
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typeVolumes
value599-600
typePages
value145-155
typeDOI
value10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.297

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