Mercury bioaccumulation in estuarine food webs

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 606-623

  Fry, Brian ^a,b   Chumchal, Matthew M ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Estuaries; Fish; Food webs; Isotopes; Largemouth bass; Louisiana, USA; Mercury; Mississippi River; Nitrogen; Sulfur; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER INPUT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERCIFORM; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PALAEMONIDAE; RIVER; SEA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LOUISIANA; MERCURY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PALAEMONIDAE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS;

EID: 84859542850     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0921.1     Document Type: Article

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