Predicting change in fish mercury concentrations following reservoir impoundment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-42

  Therriault, Thomas W ^a,b   Schneider, David C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Mercury; Predictive models; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; IMPOUNDMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PREDICTION; RESERVOIR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; FISH; LAKE; METHYLATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; ESOX LUCIUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0031693420     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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