Uptake of mercury by fish in an experimental boreal reservoir

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Bodaly, R A ^a   Fudge, R J P ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; DIET; GROWTH; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS;

EID: 0033057829     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900494     Document Type: Article

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