A probabilistic risk assessment of the effects of methylmercury on great egrets and bald eagles foraging at a constructed wetland in south Florida relative to the everglades

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-388

  Rumbold, Darren G ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagle; Constructed wetland; Ecological risk assessment; Great egret; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA ALBUS; AVES; CASMERODIUS; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 18944402736     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030590925768     Document Type: Article

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