Total mercury concentrations among fish and crayfish inhabiting different trophic levels in lake whatcom, washington

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 621-633

  Mueller, Karl W ^a   Serdar, David M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b Environmental Assessment Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CRAYFISH; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TROPHIC LEVEL;

LAKE WHATCOM; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

AMADINA FASCIATA; AMEIURUS; AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ASTACOIDEA; COTTUS GOBIO; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PACIFASTICUS LENIUSCULUS; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIFORMES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036915723     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2002.9663940     Document Type: Article

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