Total mercury in wild fish in Guizhou reservoirs, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1129-1136

  Yan, Haiyu ^a   Rustadbakken, Atle ^b   Yao, Heng ^a   Larssen, Thorjorn ^b,c   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Liu, Ting ^d   Shang, Lihai ^a   Haugen, Thrond O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Guizhou Institute for Nationalities   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic food web; Bioaccumulation; Lakes; Mercury methylation; Mixed linear models

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD WEB; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCENTRATION RATIO; FOOD CHAIN; GUIZHOU; HERBIVOROUS FISH; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HYDROPOWER RESERVOIRS; LIMIT SETS; LINEAR MODEL; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POINT SOURCES; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER SYSTEM; WET WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALKYLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEALTH IMPACT; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MOBILIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 77955483803     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60228-X     Document Type: Article

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