Long-term changes in mercury concentrations in fish from the middle Savannah River

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 375-382

  Paller, M H ^a   Littrell, James W ^b  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Savannah River Site   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Long term data; Long term monitoring; Mercury; Savannah River; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

FISH; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS;

LONG TERM DATA; LONG TERM MONITORING; SAVANNAH RIVER; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; TRIBUTARY; WETLAND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BASS; CATFISHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; PERCIFORMES; RIVERS; SOUTH CAROLINA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AMEIURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 34250755059     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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