Distribution of total mercury and methyl mercury in water, sediment, and fish from South Florida estuaries

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-118

  Kannan, K ^a,d   Smith Jr , R G ^a   Lee, R F ^a   Windom, H L ^a   Heitmuller, P T ^b   Macauley, J M ^c   Summers, J K ^c  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MERCURY; METHYL MERCURY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MERCURIALISM; METHYLATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLORIDA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

USA, FLORIDA;

ANIMALIA; ARIUS FELIS; BAGRE MARINUS; CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; MYLOPHARODON CONOCEPHALUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031951447     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900294     Document Type: Article

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