Mercury and methyl mercury in freshwater seston: Direct determination at picogram per litre levels by dual filtration

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 760-766

  Morrison, Kenneth A ^a   Watras, Carl J ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

EID: 0032765102     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-029     Document Type: Article

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