Mercury in Florida Bay fish: Spatial distribution of elevated concentrations and possible linkages to Everglades restoration

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-345

  Evans, David W ^a   Crumley, Peter H ^a  

^a Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS DUORARUM;

EID: 28444459912     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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