Differential accumulation of mercury and other trace metals in the food web components of a reservoir impacted by a chlor-alkali plant (Flix, Ebro River, Spain): Implications for biomonitoring

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1481-1489

  Soto, David X ^a,b   Roig, Romero ^a   Gacia, Esperana ^a   Catalan, Jordi ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Biomonitoring; Food web; Mercury; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; FOOD WEB; MERCURY; TRACE METALS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ECOLOGY; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; RIVER POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOMONITORING; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLLUSC; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DREISSENA; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; METALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 79955095786     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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