The effect of mercury and PCBs on organisms from lower trophic levels of a Georgia salt marsh

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-17

  Wall, V D ^a   Alberts, J J ^a   Moore, D J ^a   Newell, S Y ^a   Pattanayek, M ^a   Pennings, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PEROXIDASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRASS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SALINITY; SALT MARSH; SWEATING; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GLUTATHIONE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MERCURY; PEROXIDASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POACEAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER;

UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0035574939     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010143     Document Type: Article

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