Heavy metals in sediments and uptake by burrowing mayflies in western Lake Erie basin

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Opfer, Sarah E ^a   Farver, John R ^a   Miner, Jeffrey G ^a   Krieger, Kenneth ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals; Hexagenia; Lake Erie; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEXAGENIA; LAKE ERIE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; THRESHOLD EFFECT LEVELS;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BURROWING ORGANISM; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAYFLY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

DETROIT RIVER; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; SCAPPHODONTA;

EID: 79951578024     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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