Mercury concentrations in quagga mussels, Dreissena bugensis, from Lakes Mead, Mohave and Havasu

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-501

  Mueting, Sara A ^a   Gerstenberger, Shawn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Lower colorado river; Mercury; Quagga mussel

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DATA; BIOMONITORS; COLORADO RIVER; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; QUAGGA MUSSELS;

IMPURITIES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); RIVERS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DREISSENA; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; DREISSENA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS;

EID: 77952097117     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-9953-8     Document Type: Article

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