Does proximity to coal-fired power plants influence fish tissue mercury?

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1601-1611

  Sackett, Dana K ^a   Aday, D Derek ^a   Rice, James A ^a   Cope, W Gregory ^a   Buchwalter, David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Fish; Mercury; Point source; Selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM; WATER; COAL; FRESH WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOTA; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLUEGILL; COAL POWER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; LAKE; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952278475     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0545-5     Document Type: Article

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