Development of fish mercury concentrations in Finnish reservoirs from 1979 to 1994

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 279-290

  Porvari, P ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Fish; Mercury; Methylmercury; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FISH; LAKE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; COREGONUS PELED; ESOX LUCIUS; GADUS MORHUA; LOTA LOTA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032503620     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00101-6     Document Type: Article

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