Ecosystemic effects of salmon farming increase mercury contamination in wild fish

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3489-3493

  Debruyn, Adrian M H ^a   Trudel, Marc ^b   Eyding, Nicola ^a   Harding, Joel ^c   Mcnally, Heather ^d   Mountain, Robert ^e   Orr, Craig ^e   Urban, Diane ^f   Verenitch, Sergei ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c Kitasoo Fisheries Program   (Canada)

^d Ahousaht Fisheries   (Canada)

^e Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council   (Canada)

^f British Columbia Aboriginal Fisheries Commission   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT CYCLING; LONG-LIVED SPECIES; ROCKFISH TROPHIC; ROCKFISHES;

AQUACULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

AQUACULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; COASTAL ZONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SALMONID CULTURE;

ANOXIA; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARNIVORE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PREY; SALMON; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; MERCURY; SALMON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COASTS; ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; SCORPAENIDAE;

EID: 33744785940     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0520161     Document Type: Article

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