Total mercury and methylmercury contents of insects from boreal lakes: Ecological, spatial and temporal patterns

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 851-873

  Tremblay, Alain ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Meili, Markus ^b   Cloutier, Louise ^c   Pichet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Insects; Lakes; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BROAVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; INSECTS; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 0030368059     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1996.047     Document Type: Article

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