Patterns of Hg bioaccumulation and transfer in aquatic food webs across multi-lake studies in the northeast US

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 135-147

  Chen, Celia Y ^a   Stemberger, Richard S ^a   Kamman, Neil C ^b   Mayes, Brandon M ^a   Folt, Carol L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b VT Dept of Environ Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic food web; Bioaccumulation; Fish; Mercury; Plankton

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ACIDITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; NEW ENGLAND; PLANKTON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 16844370281     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-6265-y     Document Type: Article

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