Trend reversal of mercury concentrations in piscivorous fish from minnesota lakes: 1982-2006

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1750-1755

  Monson, Bruce A ^a  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BEST FITS; BREAK POINTS; DATA SETS; INFLECTION POINTS; LEAST-SQUARES; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MINNESOTA; PIECE WISE; PIECEWISE REGRESSIONS; PISCIVOROUS FISHES; QUADRATIC MODELS; REGRESSION MODELS; TWO LINES; UPWARD TRENDS;

LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); PERSONNEL;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PISCIVORE; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PISCIVORE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; MINNESOTA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ESOX LUCIUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 64549093215     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8027378     Document Type: Article

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