Mercury concentrations in pond fish in relation to a coal-fired power plant

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 222-229

  Pinkney, A E ^a   Logan, D T ^b   Wilson, H T ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b Coastal Environmental Services Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; COAL-FIRED POWER STATION; FISH; MERCURY; POWER STATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FISH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; COAL; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MARYLAND; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

USA, MARYLAND, DICKERSON;

LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0030772718     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900247     Document Type: Article

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