Freshwater fish mercury concentrations in a regionally high mercury deposition area

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 191, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 15-31

  Hutcheson, Michael S ^a   Smith, C Mark ^a   Wallace, Gordon T ^b   Rose, Jane ^a   Eddy, Barbara ^c   Sullivan, James ^c   Pancorbo, Oscar ^c   West, Carol Rowan ^a  

^a Office of Research and Standards   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Dept Environ P   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Deposition; Fish; Hotspot; Incinerator; Lake; Largemouth bass; Mercury; Muscle; Sediment core; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; MERCURY (METAL); SOLID WASTES; WATERSHEDS;

LARGEMOUTH BASS; SEDIMENT CORE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MERCURY (METAL); SOLID WASTES; WATERSHEDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; INCINERATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUSCLE; PERCID; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; LARGEMOUTH BASS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; RURAL AREA; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; YELLOW PERCH;

MASSACHUSETTS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 44149120763     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9604-9     Document Type: Article

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