Reducing methylmercury accumulation in the food webs of San Francisco Bay and its local watersheds

Environmental Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-26

  Davis, J A ^a   Looker, R E ^b   Yee, D ^a   Marvin Di Pasquale, M ^c   Grenier, J L ^a   Austin, C M ^b   McKee, L J ^a   Greenfield, B K ^a   Brodberg, R ^d   Blum, J D ^e  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Management; Mercury; Methylmercury; San francisco bay

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; MARSH; METHYLMERCURY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATERSHED; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARIES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MICROPTERUS; MORONE;

EID: 84870389898     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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