Growth and methylmercury accumulation in juvenile Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River and its floodplain, the Yolo Bypass

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 550-563

  Henery, Rene E ^a   Sommer, Ted R ^b   Goldman, Charles R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REARING; SALMONID;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES; YOLO BYPASS;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77953255601     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-112.1     Document Type: Article

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