Increasing Mercury in Yellow Perch at a Hotspot in Atlantic Canada, Kejimkujik National Park

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 9176-9181

  Wyn, Brianna ^a,c   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Burgess, Neil M ^b   Curry, R Allen ^a   Munkittrick, Kelly R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c North/South Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL);

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY CONTAMINATION; NATIONAL PARKS; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION;

LAKES;

MERCURY;

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE; NATIONAL PARK; PERCH; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK; NOVA SCOTIA;

GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 78650275734     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1018114     Document Type: Article

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