Mercury levels and trends (1993-2009) in bream (Abramis brama L.) and zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) from German surface waters

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-211

  Lepom, Peter ^a   Irmer, Ulrich ^a   Wellmitz, Jörg ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bream; Environmental quality standard; Mercury; Temporal trend; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE CONTROL; CORRELATION METHODS; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); MOLLUSCS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

BREAM; COMPLIANCE CHECKING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; SECONDARY POISONING; TEMPORAL TRENDS; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; WATER;

BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOMETRY; MAGNITUDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PISCIVORY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATOR; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; DREISSENA; NONHUMAN; PEARSON SYNDROME; SEA BREAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

GERMANY; LAKE BELAU; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

EID: 81855198934     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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