Decreasing aqueous mercury concentrations to meet the water quality criterion in fish: Examining the water-fish relationship in two point-source contaminated streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 836-843

  Mathews, Teresa J ^a   Southworth, George ^a   Peterson, Mark J ^a   Roy, W Kelly ^a   Ketelle, Richard H ^b   Valentine, Charles ^c   Gregory, Scott ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR)   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish; Mercury; Remediation; Water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED STREAMS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; FISH FILLET; FISH TISSUE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; REFERENCE STREAMS; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; REMEDIATION GOALS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA; WHITE OAK;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; TISSUE; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMEDIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; CAMPOSTOMA OLIGOLEPIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; LAND USE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; WHITE OAK CREEK;

QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 84870665450     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.042     Document Type: Article

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