Total and methyl mercury accumulation in 1994-1995 Lake Michigan lake trout and forage fish

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-446

  Raymond, Brian ^a   Rossmann, Ronald ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish; Food web; Great Lakes; Mercury; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; DEEPWATER SCULPIN; FISH SPECIES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FORAGE FISH; FRESH WATER; GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE TROUT; MASS BALANCE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY; MERCURY CYCLING; METHYL MERCURY; MICHIGAN; RAINBOW SMELT; SEDIMENT FLUX; SLIMY SCULPIN; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; WASHINGTON; WHOLE-LAKE; WISCONSIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; FISH; FOOD ADDITIVES; LAKE POLLUTION; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); WATER;

LAKES;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; METHYLMERCURY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALMONID; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; COREGONUS HOYI; COTTUS COGNATUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS THOMPSONII; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 69349088129     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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