Detection of the spatiotemporal trends of mercury in lake erie fish communities: A bayesian approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2217-2226

  Azim, M Ekram ^a   Kumarappah, Ananthavalli ^a   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b   Backus, Sean M ^c   Arhonditsis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN STATISTICAL APPROACH; DECAY MODEL; DOUBLE EXPONENTIAL MODEL; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; FOOD WEBS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ERIE; MICROPTERUS; MONOTONIC DECREASE; NONMONOTONIC; RANDOM WALK; ROUND GOBY; SECOND ORDERS; STATISTICAL FORMULATION; STRUCTURAL SHIFTS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WHITE BASS; YELLOW PERCH;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); TIME SERIES;

FISH;

LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCID; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEUI; MORONE CHRYSOPS; NONHUMAN; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; WATER CONTAMINATION; YELLOW PERCH;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HALF-LIFE; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; DREISSENIDAE; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MORONE CHRYSOPS; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79953837260     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103054q     Document Type: Article

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