Effects of mercury deposition and coniferous forests on the mercury contamination of fish in the South Central United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1274-1279

  Drenner, Ray W ^a   Chumchal, Matthew M ^a   Jones, Christina M ^a   Lehmann, Christopher M B ^b   Gay, David A ^b   Donato, David I ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD WEB; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOREGIONS; FISH CONSUMPTION; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG POLLUTION; HUMAN HEALTH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; MICROPTERUS; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL LENGTH; TOXIC METALS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WILDLIFE HEALTH;

FISH; FORESTRY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOREGION; FISH; FOOD WEB; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TOXICITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST; HUMAN; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WET DEPOSITION;

ANIMALS; CONIFEROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MERCURY; TREES; UNITED STATES;

DEPOSITION; FISHES; FORESTRY; MERCURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873428390     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303734n     Document Type: Article

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