Higher mass-independent isotope fractionation of methylmercury in the pelagic food web of Lake Baikal (Russia)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5902-5911

  Perrot, Vincent ^a   Pastukhov, Mikhail V ^b   Epov, Vladimir N ^a   Husted, Sãren ^c   Donard, Olivier F X ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; FOOD WEBS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LAKE BAIKAL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; METHYLMERCURY; PELAGIC FISH; PELAGIC FOOD WEB; PREY-PREDATOR SYSTEMS; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC TRANSFER; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE;

ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPE; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FRACTIONATION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LAKES; LIGHT; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PINNIPEDIA; RUSSIA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AMPHIPODA; COTTIDAE;

EID: 84861868048     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204572g     Document Type: Article

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