Mercury burdens in Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) in three tributaries of southern San Francisco Bay, California, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-487

  Hui, Clifford A ^a,d   Rudnick, Deborah ^b   Williams, Erin ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d Biology Investigations   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese mitten crab; Crabs; Eriocheir sinensis; Mercury; Methylmercury; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MITTEN CRABS (ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS); MERCURY BURDENS; METHYLMERCURY;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; TISSUE; WATER;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); STREAM;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEEDING; FISH; HEPATOPANCREAS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; SEDIMENTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 7444261520     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.06.019     Document Type: Article

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