Bioaccumulation of mercury in pelagic freshwater food webs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 219, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 183-208

  Watras, C J ^a   Back, R C ^a,b   Halvorsen, S ^a   Hudson, R J M ^c   Morrison, K A ^a   Wente, S P ^c  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Aquatic Res Lab Lake Sup Stt U   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Phytoplankton; Sediments; Trace metals; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WISCONSIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032575730     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00228-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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