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    Mercury and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Remote Acid Sensitive Irish Lake Catchments

    Year: 2017, 2017
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): McFarland, Victoria, Thesis advisor (ths): Aherne, Julian, Degree committee member (dgc): Metcalfe, Chris, Degree committee member (dgc): Hintelmann, Holger, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>A catchment-based study was carried out at three remote acid sensitive Irish lakes to determine concentrations of Hg and POPs and to investigate the factors governing the partitioning of these pollutants in various environmental matrices. Both Hg and POPs are an environmental concern due to their ability to travel long distances via atmospheric transport and their tendency to accumulate… more