Mercury speciation in piscivorous fish from mining-impacted reservoirs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2745-2749

  Kuwabara, James S ^a   Arai, Yuji ^b   Topping, Brent R ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^c   George, Graham N ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); TOXICITY;

COMPLEXING LIGANDS; CYSTEINE COMPLEXES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE (XANES);

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GOLD; LIGAND; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SILVER;

COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MERCURY (METAL); TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; PISCIVORY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESERVOIR; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPHIC LEVEL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; HYBRID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PISCIVORE; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MINING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; GUADALUPE RESERVOIR; LAHONTAN RESERVOIR; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MORONE;

EID: 34247258429     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0628856     Document Type: Article

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