Potential causes of enhanced transfer of mercury to St. Lawrence River Biota: Implications for sediment management strategies at Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-98

  Ridal, J J ^a   Yanch, L E ^b   Fowlie, A R ^b   Razavi, N R ^b   Delongchamp, T M ^c   Choy, E S ^c   Fathi, M ^c   Hodson, P V ^b   Campbell, L M ^b   Blais, J M ^c   Hickey, M B C ^a   Yumvihoze, E ^c   Lean, D R S ^c  

^a St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biota; Fish; Mercury; Sediment; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CORNWALL; DIETARY SOURCES; FOOD WEBS; HIGH RATE; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MERCURY; MERCURY SEDIMENT; MIXED REACTORS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PORE WATERS; PREY SELECTION; PREY SPECIES; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT POREWATER; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; STRONG CORRELATION; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC POSITION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DIFFUSION; YELLOW PERCH;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COMBINED SEWERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; OCEAN HABITATS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHIC INFAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CANAL; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCID; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEWER NETWORK; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER COLUMN;

CANADA; CORNWALL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 77952011558     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9951-1     Document Type: Article

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