Mercury bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in the terrestrial food web of a montane forest

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 697-709

  Rimmer, Christopher C ^a   Miller, Eric K ^b   McFarland, Kent P ^a   Taylor, Robert J ^c   Faccio, Steven D ^a  

^a Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^b Ecosystems Research Group Ltd   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catharus bicknelli; Food web; Mercury bioaccumulation; Montane forests

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONTANE FOREST; PASSERINE; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTOTROPH; BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITIVORE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLIAGE; FOOD WEB; FOREST; HERBIVORE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SUMMER; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY BURDEN; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SONGBIRDS; TREES; URODELA; VERMONT;

ARTHROPODA; CATHARUS BICKNELLI; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 77952237435     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0443-x     Document Type: Article

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