Mercury concentration in black flies Simulium spp. (Diptera, Simuliidae) from soft-water streams in Ontario, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-535

  Harding, K M ^a   Gowland, J A ^a   Dillon, P J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Black fly larvae; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Mercury; Simuliidae

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BLACK FLY LARVAE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); SIMULIIDAE;

CARBON; FISHERIES; MERCURY (METAL); SPRINGS (WATER);

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STREAM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; FLY; FOOD WEB; INSECT; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; PH; SIMULIUM; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; SIMULIIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; HALIBURTON; MUSKOKA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 33744919802     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.040     Document Type: Article

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