Methylmercury bioaccumulation in invertebrates of boreal streams in Norway: Effects of aqueous methylmercury and diet retention

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 235-241

  De Wit, Heleen A ^a   Kainz, Martin J ^b   Lindholm, Markus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Boreal; Diet retention; Dissolved organic carbon; Fatty acid biomarkers; Invertebrates; Methylmercury; Streamwater chemistry

Indexed keywords

BOREAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INVERTEBRATES; METHYL MERCURY; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN 15; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOTA; DIET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; METHYLMERCURY; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALGA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NORWAY; RIVERS; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORWAY;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857434895     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.041     Document Type: Article

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