Does lake thermocline depth affect methyl mercury concentrations in fish?

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 311-322

  Rask, Martti ^a   Verta, Matti ^b   Korhonen, Markku ^b   Salo, Simo ^b   Forsius, Martin ^b   Arvola, Lauri ^c   Jones, Roger I ^d   Kiljunen, Mikko ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; European perch; Lake thermocline; Mercury; Oxygen conditions; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHYLMERCURY; OXYGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOCLINE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

FINLAND;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 78650031411     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9487-5     Document Type: Article

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