Mercury in the Great Lakes region: Bioaccumulation, spatiotemporal patterns, ecological risks, and policy

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1487-1499

  Evers, David C ^a   Wiener, James G ^b   Basu, Niladri ^c   Bodaly, R A ^d   Morrison, Heather A ^e   Williams, Kathryn A ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Penobscot River Mercury Study   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish; Laurentian Great Lakes; Mercury; Monitoring; Spatiotemporal trends; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISH; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD WEB; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; LAKES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLICY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054922578     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0784-0     Document Type: Article

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