Temporal changes in mercury bioaccumulation by predatory fishes of boreal lakes following the invasion of an exotic forage fish

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2057-2062

  Johnston, Thomas A ^a   Leggett, William C ^a   Bodaly, Richard A ^b   Swanson, Heidi K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Biomagnification; Fish; Food webs

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL);

FORAGE FISHES;

TOXICITY;

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; FISH; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INVASION; TROUT;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FORECASTING; KINETICS; MERCURY; OSMERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ESOX; ESOX LUCIUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242319043     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-265     Document Type: Article

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