Mercury concentrations in wetlands associated with coal-fired power plants

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 306-316

  Weir, Scott M ^a   Halbrook, Richard S ^b   Sparling, Donald W ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; Mercury; Tadpoles; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FROG; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LARVA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POWER PLANT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL POWER; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TADPOLE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS; RANIDAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 76849113374     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0413-3     Document Type: Article

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