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Record Nr.

UNINA9910699632903321

Autore

Risch Martin R

Titolo

Mercury in Indiana watersheds [[electronic resource] ] : retrospective for 2001-2006 / / by Martin R. Risch ... [and others] ; prepared in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Dept. of the interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2010

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 78 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1780

Soggetti

Mercury - Bioaccumulation - Indiana

River sediments - Mercury content - Indiana

Watersheds - Indiana - Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Oct. 21, 2010).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-66).

Nota di contenuto

Mercury cycling in aquatic ecosystems -- Health effects, criteria, and advisories for mercury -- Description of the study area -- Purpose and scope -- Methods of study -- Sources of data -- Organization of data -- Mercury load calculations -- Mercury in Indiana watersheds -- Mercury in streams -- Mercury in fish -- Sources of mercury -- Atmospheric mercury deposition -- Mercury emissions to the atmosphere -- Mercury in wastewater -- Land cover.