Mercury levels and relationships in water, sediment, and fish tissue in the Willamette Basin, Oregon

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-380

  Hope, B K ^a   Rubin, J R ^b  

^a Air Quality Division   (United States)

^b Oregon Department Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; OREGON; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILLAMETTE RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 19944399767     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0096-y     Document Type: Article

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