Absence of fractionation of mercury isotopes during trophic transfer of methylmercury to freshwater fish in captivity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7527-7534

  Kwon, Sae Yun ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Carvan, Michael J ^b   Basu, Niladri ^a   Head, Jessica A ^a   Madenjian, Charles P ^c   David, Solomon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMERCIAL FOODS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; FISH TISSUE; FOOD SOURCES; FRESHWATER FISHES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUVENILE YELLOW PERCH; LAKE TROUT; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; METHYLMERCURY; RE-EQUILIBRATION; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

EXPERIMENTS; FISH; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; PELLETIZING; TISSUE;

MEATS;

ISOTOPE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CAPTIVITY; DIETARY SHIFT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PERCID; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SALMONID; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; FRESHWATER FISH; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE; MASS DEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; MASS INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC TRANSFER; TROUT; YELLOW PERCH;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FOOD; FRESH WATER; LAKES; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PERCHES; TROUT; WISCONSIN;

COREGONUS HOYI; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 84863897706     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300794q     Document Type: Article

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