Spatial and temporal variations of mercury levels in Okefenokee invertebrates: Southeast Georgia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 484-490

  George, Bagie M ^a   Batzer, Darold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Invertebrates; Mercury; Okefenokee Swamp

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH;

INVERTEBRATES; MERCURY LEVELS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CRAYFISH; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; INSECT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CRAYFISH; HABITAT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEORGIA; INVERTEBRATES; MERCURY; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA; OKEFENOKEE SWAMP; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ASTACOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 39749133673     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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