Methylmercury levels and bioaccumulation in the aquatic food web of a highly mercury-contaminated reservoir

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1213-1218

  Carrasco, Luis ^a   Benejam, Lluís ^b   Benito, Josep ^b   Bayona, Josep M ^a   Díez, Sergi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Ebro River; Mercury; Methylmercury; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FISH; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SHELLFISH; WEB CRAWLER;

BIOACCUMULATION PATTERNS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; EBRO RIVER; MERCURY POLLUTION; METHYL MERCURY; TROPHIC DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAYFISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSCLE; RIVER POLLUTION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRAYFISH; FISH; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; PISCIVORE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 79960043521     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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