Mercury in the northern crayfish, Orconectes virilis (Hagen), in New England, USA

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 149-162

  Pennuto, Chris M ^a   Lane, Oksana P ^b   Evers, David C ^b   Taylor, Robert J ^c   Loukmas, Jeff ^d  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Lower food webs; Mercury; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CRAYFISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; NEW ENGLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES VIRILIS;

EID: 16844376946     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-6266-x     Document Type: Article

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