Total mercury and mercury species in birds and fish in an aquatic ecosystem in the Czech Republic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-194

  Houserová, Pavlína ^a   Kubáň, Vlastimil ^a   Kráčmar, Stanislav ^a   Sitko, Jiljí ^b  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b Moravian Ornithological Station ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystem Z hlinice; Atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Bird tissues; Common carp (Cyprinus carpio); Common tench (Tinca tinca); Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo); Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo); Goldfish (Carassius auratus); Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella); Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus); Inorganic mercury; Intestines; Kidney; Liquid chromatography; Liver; Methylmercury; Muscle; Northern pike (Esox lucius); Perch (Perca fluviatilis) and Rudd (Scardinius erythophthalmus); Speciation; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; COMMON TENCH (TINCA TINCA); GREAT CRESTED GREBE (PODICEPS CRISTATUS); METHYLMERCURY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CARP; CZECH REPUBLIC; FISH; GOLDFISH; INTESTINE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PLANT; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POACEAE; TYPHACEAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MERCURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVIA;

AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISCES; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; SCARDINIUS; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 33749983626     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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