Temporal mercury dynamics and diet composition in the mimic shiner

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 701-712

  Gorski, Patrick R ^a,c   Lathrop, Richard C ^a   Hill, Susan D ^b   Herrin, Russell T ^c  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; METABOLISM; METHYLMERCURY; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

BIOINDICATOR; DIET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING;

DEVILS LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA; INVERTEBRATA; NOTROPIS VOLUCELLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032757835     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0701:TMDADC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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