Methyl mercury concentrations in macroinvertebrates and fish from burned and undisturbed lakes on the Boreal Plain

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1963-1977

  Allen, Erik W ^a   Prepas, Ellie E ^a,b   Gabos, Stephan ^c   Strachan, William M J ^d   Zhang, Weiping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Health Surveillance Branch   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOREST FIRE; LAKE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METHYLMERCURY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 29144488044     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-103     Document Type: Article

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