Mercury in sport fish from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region, California, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-75

  Davis, Jay A ^a   Greenfield, Ben K ^a   Ichikawa, Gary ^b   Stephenson, Mark ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Fish tissue; Mercury; Micropterus salmoides; San Francisco Estuary; Spatial trends

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; MERCURY MINES; TISSUE;

ANCOVA; FISH TISSUE; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; SPATIAL TRENDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

GOLD; MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; SALMONID; TELEOST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; CHANNEL CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; COSUMNES RIVER; FEATHER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AMEIURUS CATUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PTYCHOCHEILUS GRANDIS;

EID: 37549047632     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.050     Document Type: Article

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