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Title: Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes

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Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
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SC0017128
OSTI ID:
1419100
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OSTI ID: 1479643
Journal Information:
Ambio, Journal Name: Ambio Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 47; ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher:
Springer Science + Business MediaCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Sweden
Language:
English

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A Synthesis of Progress and Uncertainties in Attributing the Sources of Mercury in Deposition journal February 2007
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Mercury in Sediment and Fish Communities of Lake Vänern, Sweden: Recovery from Contamination journal December 2001
Strategies to lower methyl mercury concentrations in hydroelectric reservoirs and lakes: A review journal September 2006
Methylmercury transport across the blood-brain barrier by an amino acid carrier journal May 1992
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Successful airborne mercury reductions in Colombia journal December 2015
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