Changes in methyl mercury concentrations in zooplankton from four experimental reservoirs with differing amounts of carbon in the flooded catchments

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1910-1919

  Hall, Britt D ^a   Cherewyk, Katharine A ^b,d   Paterson, Michael J ^c   Bodaly, R A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources   (Canada)

^e Penobscot River Mercury Study   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOODING; FOOD WEB; METHYLMERCURY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 70350545492     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-123     Document Type: Article

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