Assessment of mercury bioaccumulation within the pelagic food web of lakes in the western Great Lakes region

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1520-1529

  Rolfhus, Kristofer R ^a   Hall, Britt D ^b   Monson, Bruce A ^c   Paterson, Michael J ^d   Jeremiason, Jeffrey D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food web; Mercury; Methylmercury; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SESTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT LAKES REGION; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SCYPHOZOA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80054900606     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0733-y     Document Type: Article

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