Can flooded organic matter from sediments predict mercury concentrations in zooplankton of a perturbed lake?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 293, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 151-161

  Kainz, Martin ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flooded sediments; Methylmercury; Stable carbon isotopes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC MATTER; ZOOPLANKTONS;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA;

EID: 0037014535     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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