Temporal change estimation of mercury concentrations in northern pike (Esox lucius L.) in Swedish lakes

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 439-445

  Åkerblom, Staffan ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^a   Yu, Jun ^a   Ranneby, Bo ^a   Johansson, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Mercury; Multiple linear regression; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

FISH; LINEAR REGRESSION; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER FISHES; INDICATOR VARIABLES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

LAKES;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; NONHUMAN; SWEDEN; TIME; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SWEDEN;

ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 84855744701     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.037     Document Type: Article

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