Mercury trends in fish from rivers and lakes in the United States, 1969-2005

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 175-191

  Chalmers, Ann T ^a   Argue, Denise M ^a   Gay, David A ^b   Brigham, Mark E ^a   Schmitt, Christopher J ^c   Lorenz, David L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c Columbia Environmental Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric emissions; Fish; Mercury; Trends; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; DATA SETS; DIRECT RELEASE; FISH SPECIES; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY; MERCURY DEPOSITION NETWORKS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PEAT CORES; REGULATORY CONTROL; RIVERS AND LAKES; SEDIMENT CORE; TIME-PERIODS; TISSUE TYPES; TRENDS; UPWARD TREND; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA PROCESSING; DEPOSITION; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); RATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FISH;

MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PEAT; SEDIMENT CORE; TREND ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; LAKE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952444686     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1504-6     Document Type: Article

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