Effects of fish on emergent insect-mediated flux of methyl mercury across a gradient of contamination

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1614-1619

  Tweedy, Brent N ^a   Drenner, Ray W ^a   Chumchal, Matthew M ^a   Kennedy, James H ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; FISH PREDATION; METHYL MERCURY; SIZE-SELECTIVE; SMALL INSECTS;

LAKES;

FISH;

METHYLMERCURY;

CADDISFLY; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; EMERGENCE; FISH; FLUX MEASUREMENT; INSECT; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATION; SPIDER; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DRAGONFLY; FISH; INSECT; MICROCADDISFLY; NONHUMAN; POND; PREDATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SPIDERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84873447497     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303330m     Document Type: Article

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