Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of methylmercury in Long Island Sound

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-424

  Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^a,b   Fitzgerald, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FINFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SESTON; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEW YORK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 33748152040     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0265-7     Document Type: Article

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