Fate of mercury accumulated by blowflies feeding on fish carcasses

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 526-529

  Sarica, José ^a   Amyot, Marc ^b   Bey, Julien ^c   Hare, Landis ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Calliphorid; Fish carcasses; Methylmercury; Necrophagous

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING; RECYCLING; TOXICITY; WATER;

BLOWFLIES; FISH CARCASSES; FLY LARVAE; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

FLY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXCRETION; FEEDING; FISH; FLY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION; RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; OVUM; PUPA; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 13944265930     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-054R.1     Document Type: Article

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