Factors affecting methylmercury biomagnification by a widespread aquatic invertebrate predator, the phantom midge larvae Chaoborus

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 165, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-108

  Le Jeune, Anne Hélène ^a,b   Bourdiol, Floriane ^a,c   Aldamman, Lama ^a   Perron, Tania ^a   Amyot, Marc ^a   Pinel Alloul, Bernadette ^a  

^a Pavillon Marie Victorin   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Chaoborus; Diel migration; Lakes; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CHAOBORUS; DIEL MIGRATION; FOOD WEBS; GROWTH DILUTION; METHYL MERCURY; ONTOGENIC DEVELOPMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; TROPHIC POSITION; VERTICAL SEGREGATION;

FISH; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

LAKES;

METHYLMERCURY;

ANNELID; DIEL MIGRATION; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; METHYLMERCURY; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOACCUMULATION; CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS; CHAOBORUS PUNCTIPENNIS; CHAOBORUS TRIVITTATUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS; CHAOBORUS PUNCTIPENNIS; CHAOBORUS TRIVITTATUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857925340     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.02.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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