Metamorphosis in chironomids, more than mercury supply, controls methylmercury transfer to fish in high Arctic lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9110-9115

  Chételat, John ^a   Amyot, Marc ^a   Cloutier, Louise ^a   Poulain, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a Pavillon Marie Victorin   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CHARS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CHIRONOMID LARVAS; CHIRONOMIDS; DRAINAGE BASINS; FOOD WEB PROCESSES; HIGH ARCTIC LAKES; INORGANIC MERCURIES; MERCURY LEVELS; MERCURY LOADINGS; METHYL MERCURIES; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SENTINEL SPECIES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; STUDY SITES; TOTAL MERCURIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; LAKES; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; LARVA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METAMORPHOSIS; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POND; PUPA; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CARBON; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 58149151406     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801619h     Document Type: Article

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