Mercury in the biotic compartments of Northwest Patagonia lakes, Argentina

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-79

  Rizzo, A ^a   Arcagni, M ^a   Arribere M A ^b   Bubach, D ^a   Guevara S Ribeiro, S R ^a  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Food chain; Freshwater biota; Lacustrine benthic organisms; Mercury; Patagonia; Ultraoligotrophic lake

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FORESTRY; LAKES; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANKTON;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESHWATER BIOTA; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHERN PATAGONIA ANDEAN RANGE; PATAGONIA;

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; MACROPHYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOSS; NATIVE SPECIES; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SULFUR;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELID WORM; ARGENTINA; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; LAKE; LEECH; MACROPHYTE; MOLLUSC; MOSS; NATIONAL PARK; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; RAINBOW TROUT; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SALMONID; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; LOS ALERCES NATIONAL PARK;

AMPHIPODA; BRYOPHYTA; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; HEXAPODA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERCICHTHYS TRUCHA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 79956087039     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.052     Document Type: Article

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