Fish mercury levels in lakes - Adjusting for Hg and fish-size covariation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-265

  Sonesten, Lars ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Environmental pollutants; Fish size covariation; Mercury (Hg); Partial Least Squares regression (PLS); Standardization (nomalization) of fishsize

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MULTIVARIATE PROJECTION METHOD; ONTOGENETIC DIETARY SHIFTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

MERCURY; FRESH WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; LAKE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MERCURY; PERCHES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0141993225     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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