Mercury concentrations in fish from Lake Meredith, Texas: Implications for the issuance of fish consumption advisories

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 249-258

  Mcclain, William C ^a   Chumchal, Matthew M ^b   Drenner, Ray W ^a   Newland, Leo W ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Fish consumption advisory; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN HABITATS;

FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LAKE POLLUTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARPIODES CARPIO; CATFISH; CHANNEL CATFISH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYPIRINUS CARPIO; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE; MALE; MORONE CHRYSOPS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SANDER VITREUS; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE MEREDITH; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CARPIODES CARPIO; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; MORONE CHRYSOPS; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 33751548184     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9194-9     Document Type: Article

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