Spatiotemporal trends of mercury in walleye and largemouth bass from the Laurentian Great Lakes Region

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1555-1567

  Monson, Bruce A ^a   Staples, David F ^b   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^c   Holsen, Thomas M ^d   Schrank, Candy S ^e   Moses, Sara K ^f   McGoldrick, Daryl J ^g   Backus, Sean M ^g   Williams, Kathryn A ^h  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission   (United States)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Great Lakes; Largemouth bass; Mercury; Mixed effects model; Trends; Walleye

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; FISH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DATA; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LAKE; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SANDER VITREUS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ONTARIO; PERCHES; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 80054893635     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0715-0     Document Type: Article

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