Bioaccumulation of mercury in benthic communities of a river ecosystem affected by mercury mining

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 377, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 407-415

  Žižek, Suzana ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a   Gibičar, Darija ^a   Fajon, Vesna ^a   Toman, Mihael J ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Methyl mercury; River ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); RIVERS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; MERCURY MINING; RIVER ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; WATER;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FOOD CHAIN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MINING; PERIPHYTON; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FOOD CHAIN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; RIVERS; SLOVENIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IDRIJCA RIVER; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 34247537118     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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