Biostrome communities and mercury and selenium bioaccumulation in the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4425-4434

  Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A ^a,c   Gardberg, Jodi ^b   Izdepski, Caleb ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Birds; Insect; Mercury; Selenium; Stromatolite

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRDS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CHLOROPHYLL; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MOLAR CONCENTRATION; MOLAR RATIO; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM; TISSUE;

BENTHIC; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; INSECT; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; PERIPHYTON COMMUNITY; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; STROMATOLITE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLOROPHYLL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSTROME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PERIPHYTON; SALINE LAKE; SELENIUM; STROMATOLITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSTROME; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; DRY WEIGHT; DUCK; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HABITAT; HEALTH HAZARD; INVERTEBRATE; LIMNETIC ZONE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION; SALINITY; SALT LAKE; TEMPERATURE;

GREAT SALT LAKE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANAS; AVES; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; CYANOBACTERIA; EPHYDRA GRACILIS; EPHYDRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052047323     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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