Changes in fish mercury concentrations over 20 years in an acidified lake subject to experimental liming

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1229-1240

  Rask, Martti ^a   Jones, Roger I ^b   Järvinen, Marko ^c   Paloheimo, Anna ^d   Salonen, Maiju ^a   Syväranta, Jari ^b   Verta, Matti ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; ISOTOPES; LAKES; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; PIKE;

MERCURY DEPOSITS;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIME; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NEUTRALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERCIFORM; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAKE ISO VALKJARVI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 34249805096     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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