Mercury and arsenic bioaccumulation and eutrophication in Baiyangdian Lake, China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Chen, C Y ^a   Pickhardt, P C ^b   Xu, M Q ^c   Folt, C L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Lakeland University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; China; Eutrophication; Lake; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; EUTROPHICATION; MERCURY (METAL);

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; CHLOROPHYLL; LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; EUTROPHICATION; MERCURY (METAL); WATER ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH RISK; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CHINA; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BAIYANGDIAN LAKE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI;

ALGAE;

EID: 42249095997     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9585-8     Document Type: Article

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