Mercury concentration in fish from streams and rivers throughout the western United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Peterson, Spencer A ^a   Van Sickle, John ^a   Herlihy, Alan T ^b   Hughes, Robert M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; STREAM LENGTH; STREAMS;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BIODIVERSITY; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PISCIVORE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SALMONID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; NONHUMAN; PH; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; RIVER; SALMONID; STREAM (RIVER); SUCKER; TISSUE LEVEL; TROUT; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33846024760     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061070u     Document Type: Article

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