Landscape-level patterns of mercury contamination of fish in North Texas, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2041-2045

  Drenner, Ray W ^a   Chumchal, Matthew M ^a   Wente, Stephen P ^b   McGuire, Mandy ^a   Drenner, S Matthew ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lake Hart Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Ecoregion; Land cover; Largemouth bass; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD WEB; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECOREGIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FOOD WEBS; LAND COVER; LARGEMOUTH BASS; LOUISIANA; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MICROPTERUS; OKLAHOMA; SULFATE DEPOSITION; TEXAS , USA; TOXIC METALS; WETLAND HABITATS;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; SULFATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOREGION; FOOD WEB; LAND COVER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SALMONID; TOXIC MATERIAL; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTAMINATION; FISH; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; LARGEMOUTH BASS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ARKANSAS; LOUISIANA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 80054845076     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.589     Document Type: Article

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