Decadal mercury trends in San Francisco Estuary sediments

Environmental Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-66

  Conaway, Christopher H ^a   Ross, John R M ^b   Looker, Richard ^c   Mason, Robert P ^d   Flegal, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; San Francisco Bay; Sediment

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIVALVE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; RIVERS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 34547933832     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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