Total mercury and methylmercury accumulation in zooplankton of hydroelectric reservoirs in northern Quebec (Canada)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 307-315

  Tremblay, A ^a,b   Lucotte, M ^a   Schetagne, R ^b  

^a Chaire Rech Environnement H Q/C   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food web; Mercury; Methylmercury; Northern Quebec; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ICE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANADA; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032503613     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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