Relationship between mercury accumulation in young-of-the-year yellow perch and water-level fluctuations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9237-9243

  Sorensen, John A ^a   Kallemeyn, Larry W ^b   Sydor, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAMS; MONITORING; SAMPLING; WATER LEVELS;

BIOACCUMULATION; MEAN MERCURY CONCENTRATION; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; MERCURY; PERCHES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 28444480155     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050471r     Document Type: Article

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