Tracing sources and bioaccumulation of mercury in fish of Lake Baikal - Angara River using Hg isotopic composition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8030-8037

  Perrot, Vincent ^a   Epov, Vladimir N ^a   Valentina, Mikhail V Pastukhov ^b   Grebenshchikova, I ^b   Zouiten, Cyril ^c   Sonke, Jeroen E ^c   Husted, Søren ^d   Donard, Olivier F X ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CHLOR-ALKALI; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LAKE BAIKAL; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; METHYL MERCURY; TRACING SOURCES; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER RESERVOIR;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; FISH; ISOTOPES; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER FISH; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY ISOTOPES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRATSK RESERVOIR; IRKUTSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 78549276256     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101898e     Document Type: Article

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