Spatial and seasonal patterns of mercury concentrations in fish from the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ontario: Implications for monitoring

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-85

  Fowlie, Adrienne R ^a   Hodson, Peter V ^a   Hickey, M Brian C ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mercury; Monitoring; Scale; Spatial; Temporal; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; POISONING;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOACCUMULATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCID; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

PERCA;

EID: 42349083842     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[72:SASPOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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