Temporal and spatial trends of mercury in fish collected in the English-Wabigoon river system in Ontario, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 615-623

  Kinghorn, April ^a   Solomon, Patricia ^a   Chan, Hing Man ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Methylmercury; Risk assessment; Spatial and temporal trends; Traditional foods

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; POLLUTION DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FISH; METHYLMERCURY; TRADITIONAL FOODS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CLAY LAKE; ENGLISH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WABIGOON RIVER;

ESOX LUCIUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 33845995422     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.049     Document Type: Article

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