Biomagnification of mercury through lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) food webs of lakes with different physical, chemical and biological characteristics

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-143

  Kidd, Karen A ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Evans, Marlene S ^b   Wang, Xioawa ^b   Whittle, Mike ^b   Swanson, Heidi K ^c   Johnston, Tom ^d   Guildford, Stephanie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake trout; Mercury biomagnification; Stable isotopes; Temperate lakes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; BIOMAGNIFICATION; ENERGY SOURCE; FISH SPECIES; FOOD WEBS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LAKE TROUT; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SURFACE AREA; TROPHIC POSITION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL);

LAKE POLLUTION;

CARBON 13; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGY; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROUT; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CARBON ISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TROUT;

CANADA;

INVERTEBRATA; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 84866133143     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.057     Document Type: Article

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