Food web structure and mercury transfer in two contrasting Ugandan highland crater lakes (East Africa)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-346

  Campbell, L ^a   Hecky, R E ^b   Dixon, D G ^b   Chapman, L J ^c,d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haplochromine cichlids; Mercury; Nile perch; Stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CRATER LAKE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREY AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPLAND REGION; VOLCANISM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; LAKE NKURUBA; LAKE SAKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; LATES NILOTICUS; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 33748159771     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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