Agricultural wetlands as potential hotspots for mercury bioaccumulation: Experimental evidence using caged fish

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1451-1457

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE VALUES; BODY BURDEN; CAGED FISH; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLOODED RICE; FLOODING SCHEDULE; HOTSPOTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; METHYLMERCURY; MISSISSIPPI; MOSQUITO FISH; RICE FIELDS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER INLETS; WETLAND HABITATS; WETLAND OUTLETS; WHITE RICE; WILD RICE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

WETLANDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; HOT SPOT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PADDY FIELD; RICE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; NONHUMAN; RICE; SPECIES HABITAT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; MENIDIA BERYLLINA; ORYZA SATIVA; ZIZANIA; ZIZANIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 77249083193     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9028364     Document Type: Article

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