Mercury in lakes and lake fishes on a conservation-industry gradient in Brazil

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-236

  Mirlean, N ^a   Larned, S T ^b   Nikora, V ^b   Tavares Kutter V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fish; Lake; Mercury contamination; Sediment; South America; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FISHERIES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER FISHES; LAKE FISHES; PRIMARY PATHWAY;

MERCURY (METAL);

LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRAZIL; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PISCES;

EID: 19444364928     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.12.047     Document Type: Article

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