A Lake Ontario-Gulf of St. Lawrence dynamic mass budget for mirex

The fate of the organochlorine contaminant mirex is elucidated in a lake-river-gulf system with new and historical data. Approximately 2,700 kg of mirex has entered Lake Ontario in the past four decades, of which approximately 550 kg has been removed, mainly by transport to the St Lawrence estuary.

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Published inEnvironmental science & technology Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 2198 - 2206
Main Authors Comba, Michael E, Norstrom, Ross J, Macdonald, Colin R, Kaiser, Klaus L. E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.10.1993
Subjects
Applied sciences
Brackish
Continental surface waters
Exact sciences and technology
Freshwater
Lakes
Marine
Natural water pollution
Pesticides
Pollution
Rivers
Water pollution
Water treatment and pollution
Great Lakes of America
Lake Ontario
North America
America
St Lawrence River
ANW, Canada, Quebec, St. Lawrence Estuary
North America, Ontario L
Sediment water interaction
Pollutant behavior
Chlorocarbon
Mirex
Estuaries
Water pollution
Concentration distribution
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Summary:The fate of the organochlorine contaminant mirex is elucidated in a lake-river-gulf system with new and historical data. Approximately 2,700 kg of mirex has entered Lake Ontario in the past four decades, of which approximately 550 kg has been removed, mainly by transport to the St Lawrence estuary.
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ISSN:0013-936X
1520-5851
DOI:10.1021/es00047a029