Rapid changes in small fish mercury concentrations in estuarine wetlands: Implications for wildlife risk and monitoring programs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8658-8664

  Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a   Ackerman, Joshua T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE WETLANDS; FISH SPECIES; FORSTER; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; QUADRATIC FORM; RAPID CHANGES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WETLAND HABITATS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; MEATS; NUMBER THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; HATCHING DATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; PREY PREFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD WEB; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GILLICHTHYS MIRABILIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WETLAND; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GILLICHTHYS; GILLICHTHYS MIRABILIS; LARIDAE; STERNA FORSTERI;

EID: 72249104878     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901400c     Document Type: Article

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