Mercury isotopes link mercury in san francisco bay forage fish to surface sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1264-1270

  Gehrke, Gretchen E ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Slotton, Darell G ^b   Greenfield, Ben K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC FOOD WEB; CO-LOCATED; FISH SPECIES; FOOD WEBS; FORAGE FISH; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; NEARSHORES; PRIMARY SOURCES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGY; FISH; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); RATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

MEATS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTODEGRADATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; BAY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79951640946     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103053y     Document Type: Article

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