Use of preserved museum fish to evaluate historical and current mercury contamination in fish from two rivers in Oklahoma, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 509-516

  Jaron Hill, J ^a   Chumchal, Matthew M ^a   Drenner, Ray W ^a   Pinder III, John E ^a   Matthew Drenner, S ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longear sunfish; Museum specimens; Preserved fish; River; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

CURRENT LEVELS; FISH MUSCLES; FISH SPECIMENS; FISH TISSUE; FORMALIN; FREE FLOWING; HISTORICAL CHANGES; ISO-PROPANOLS; LONGEAR SUNFISH; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; NATURAL HISTORY; OKLAHOMA; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; FISHERIES; FORMALDEHYDE; LANDFORMS; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2 PROPANOL; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; PRESERVATION; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION CENTER; NONHUMAN; RIVER; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; MUSEUMS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GLOVER RIVER; MOUNTAIN FORK RIVER; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

LEPOMIS MEGALOTIS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 74349102681     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0764-5     Document Type: Article

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