High levels of mercury in biota of a new prairie irrigation reservoir with a simplified food web in Southern Alberta, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Brinkmann, Lars ^a   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Bioenergetics; Food web; Mercury; Northern pike; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ALBERTA , CANADA; BENTHIC FISH; FOOD WEBS; FORAGE FISH; GAMMARUS; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; HYALELLA AZTECA; IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY LEVELS; MUSCLE TISSUES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WHITE SUCKER; ZOOPLANKTIVOROUS FISH;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL);

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGETICS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FISH; FOOD WEB; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANKTIVORY; PRAIRIE; RESERVOIR; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

AMPHIPODA; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; ESOX LUCIUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 76349083589     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0050-0     Document Type: Article

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