Estimating food consumption rates of fish using a mercury mass balance model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 414-428

  Trudel, Marc ^a,c   Tremblay, Alain ^b   Schetagne, Roger ^b   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY; MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD INTAKE; INGESTION RATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO; QUEBEC;

EID: 0034065753     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-262     Document Type: Article

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