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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

Full Text: Mercury and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Remote Acid Sensitive Irish Lake Catchments A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and …