Bioavailability of methylmercury to sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus): Dissolved organic carbon effects

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 695-701

  Choi, Monica Heekyoung ^a,c   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a   Lagunas Solar, Manuel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Complexation; Dissolved organic carbon; Methylmercury; Sacramento blackfish

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; GILL; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; MICROLEPIDOTUS; ORTHODON MICROLEPIDOTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031969783     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0695:BOMTSB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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