The basis for ecotoxicological concern in aquatic ecosystems contaminated by historical mercury mining

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Wiener, James G ^a   Suchanek, Thomas H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; California; Clear Lake; Environmental transport; Human exposure; Mercury; Methylmercury; Mining; Toxicity; USA

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MINING; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MERCURY; MINING; MOLLUSCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67449106769     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1939.1     Document Type: Review

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