Floodplain methylmercury biomagnification factor higher than that of the contiguous river (South River, Virginia USA)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2840-2844

  Newman, Michael C ^a   Xu, Xiaoyu ^a   Condon, Anne ^b   Liang, Lian ^c  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^c Cebam Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Floodplain; Mercury; Methylmercury; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN LOCATIONS; FLOODPLAIN SOILS; FOOD WEBS; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; MODELING RESULTS; PREY CONSUMPTION; TERRESTRIAL; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; VIRGINIA;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTION; USER INTERFACES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATED LAND; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PREY CAPTURE; RIVER WATER; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLMERCURY BIOMAGNIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION AND POLLUTION RELATED PHENOMENA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; RIPARIAN SPECIES; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPIDER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; PLANTS; RIVERS; SPIDERS; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SOUTH RIVER [VIRGINIA]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES;

EID: 80052331715     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.045     Document Type: Article

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