Seasonal mercury levels in phytoplankton and their relationship with algal biomass in two dystrophic shield lakes

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 523-532

  Kirkwood, Andrea E ^a,c   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a   Mierle, Greg ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dystrophic; Mercury; Phytoplankton; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOMASS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033030504     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0523:SMLIPA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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