Evaluation of mercury cycling and hypolimnetic oxygenation in mercury-impacted seasonally stratified reservoirs in the Guadalupe River watershed, California

A. McCord, Stephen; W. Beutel, Marc; Dent, Stephen; Geoffrey Schladow, S.

doi:10.1002/2016wr019061

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Evaluation of mercury cycling and hypolimnetic oxygenation in mercury-impacted seasonally stratified reservoirs in the Guadalupe River watershed, California

Published in Water Resources Research • Sep 26, 2016

Authors:

Stephen A. McCord

Marc W. Beutel

Stephen Dent

Abstract

Surface water reservoirs trap inorganic mercury delivered from their watersheds, create conditions that convert inorganic mercury to highly toxic methylmercury (MeHg), and host sportfish in which MeHg bioaccumulates. The Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) actively manages and monitors four...

Subject

Hypolimnion

Mercury (programming language)

Methylmercury

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