Mercury bioaccumulation, speciation, and influence on web structure in orb-weaving spiders from a forested watershed

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1873-1878

  Wyman, Katherine E ^a,b   Rodenhouse, Nicholas L ^a   Bank, Michael S ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Metal speciation; Terrestrial invertebrate toxicology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BODY BURDEN; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY LOADS; METAL SPECIATION; METHYL MERCURY; NATIONAL FORESTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PREY-CAPTURE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STUDY AREAS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE; WEB STRUCTURES;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; LANDFORMS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; USER INTERFACES; WATERSHEDS; WEAVING;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NEUROLOGY; PREY CAPTURE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPIDER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOXICOLOGY; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; HABITAT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY BURDEN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; SPIDERS; TREES; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960086419     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.572     Document Type: Article

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