Spatial and temporal variation in mercury bioaccumulation by zooplankton in Lake Champlain (North America)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 343-349

  Chen, Celia ^a   Kamman, Neil ^b   Williams, Jason ^c   Bugge, Deenie ^a   Taylor, Vivien ^a   Jackson, Brian ^a   Miller, Eric ^d  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b State of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^c TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^d Ecosystems Research Group Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass dilution; Lake Champlain; Methylmercury; Trophic; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LARGE LAKES; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; METHYL MERCURY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC; TROPHIC STATUS; TROPHIC TRANSFER; VERMONT; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

LAKES;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; QUEBEC; VERMONT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

LAKE CHAMPLAIN; MISSISQUOI BAY; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84855592049     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.048     Document Type: Article

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