Methylmercury in freshwater fish linked to atmospheric mercury deposition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7764-7770

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

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; METHYLMERCURY (MEHG);

WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BASS; BODY SIZE; FISH; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BASS; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 33845756882     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061480i     Document Type: Article

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