Trends of total cadmium, copper, and zinc in the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) along the upper reach of the St. Lawrence River: 1994 - 2005

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5371-5385

  Johns, Carolyn ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomonitoring; St. Lawrence River; Trace metals; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CONTAMINANT DISCHARGE; COPPER AND ZINC; COPPER CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAKE ONTARIO; LONG TERM MONITORING; LOW LEVEL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MUSSEL TISSUE; SIZE CLASS; SOFT TISSUE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TRACE METAL; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HISTOLOGY; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; TISSUE; ZINC;

SHELLFISH;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DREISSENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; METAL RECOVERY; NONHUMAN; RIVER; TISSUE LEVEL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; DREISSENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ONTARIO; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 84865336982     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2346-6     Document Type: Article

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