Concentrations of methylmercury in invertebrates from wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region of North America

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Bates, Lara M ^a   Hall, Britt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Invertebrates; Land use; Mercury; Methylmercury; Prairie wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOOD RESOURCES; FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS; INVERTEBRATES; LOWER AVERAGE; METHYL MERCURY; PRAIRIE WETLANDS; SASKATCHEWAN;

ALKYLATION; ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; LAND USE; MERCURY (METAL); WETLANDS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GASTROPOD; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLUTION MONITORING; POND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SASKATCHEWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CANADA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; SASKATCHEWAN;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053991864     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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