Mercury modeling to predict contamination and bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2000, Pages 69-92

  Braga, M C B ^a,b   Shaw, G ^a   Lester, J N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FORECASTING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FORECASTING; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0034592821     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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