The legacy of mercury cycling from mining sources in an aquatic ecosystem: from ore to organism

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Suchanek, Thomas H ^a,b   Richerson, Peter J ^a   Zierenberg, R A ^a   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a,b   Slotton, Darell G ^a   Harner, E James ^c   Osleger, David A ^a   Anderson, Daniel W ^a   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a   Schladow, S Geoffrey ^d   Colwell, Arthur E ^e   Mount, Jeffrey F ^a   King, Peggie S ^a,f,g   Adam, David P ^a,h   Mcelroy, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e Lake County Vector Control District   (United States)

^f UCCE Lake County   (United States)

^g CH2M HILL   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Birds; California; Clear Lake; Coring; Fish; Mercury; Mining; Plankton; Remediation; Sediment; USA; Water

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MERCURIALISM; METABOLISM; MINING; PRECIPITATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WIND;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MINING; PRECIPITATION; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WIND;

EID: 67449097919     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0363.1     Document Type: Article

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