Size and biomagnification: How habitat selection explains beluga mercury levels

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3982-3988

  Loseto, L L ^a   Stern, G A ^a,b   Ferguson, S H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; METABOLIC RATES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

FATTY ACID; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACID; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METABOLISM; MUSCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENDER; HABITAT SELECTION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BELUGA WHALE; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 44449154922     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7024388     Document Type: Article

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