Trophic positions and mercury bioaccumulation in rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) and native forage fishes in northwestern Ontario lakes

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Swanson, H K ^a   Johnston, T A ^a   Leggett, W C ^a   Bodaly, R A ^b   Doucett, R R ^c   Cunjak, R A ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Canada; Food webs; Mercury concentrations; Ontario; Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax); Stable isotope analysis; Trophic positions

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TROPHIC LEVEL;

CANADA;

OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038104958     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0205-6     Document Type: Article

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