Modeling mercury biomagnification (South River, Virginia, USA) to inform river management decision making

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1013-1020

  Tom, Kyle R ^a   Newman, Michael C ^a   Schmerfeld, John ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methylmercury; Stable isotopes; Trophic biomagnification

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RIVERS;

AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERIONS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; MODEL-BASED; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REMEDIATION DECISION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC POSITION; TROPHIC TRANSFER; VIRGINIA;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951042826     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.117     Document Type: Article

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