Correlates of mercury in fish from lakes near Clyde Forks, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Ethier, A L M ^a   Scheuhammer, A M ^a   Bond, D E ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Fish; Mercury; Nitrogen isotopes; Sediment; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

FISH;

CARBON; ISOTOPE; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; PH; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD WEB; LEPOMUS GIBBOSUS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SURFACE SOIL; WATER ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE; YELLOW PERCH;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; ONTARIO; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; PERCA;

EID: 44649159600     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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