Mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation by polychaete worms is governed by both feeding ecology and mercury bioavailability in coastal mudflats

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-25

  Sizmur, Tom ^a,d   Canário, João ^b   Gerwing, Travis G ^c   Mallory, Mark L ^a   O'Driscoll, Nelson J ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IPMA IP ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Mercury; Polychaete worm; Sediment; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

BAY OF FUNDY; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BURROWING; COASTAL FOOD WEB; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEBS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURIES (HG); METHYLMERCURY; MUDFLATS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POLYCHAETE WORM; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC POSITION;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BURROWING ORGANISM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUDFLAT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TROPHIC STATUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BURROWING SPECIES; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHAETA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 84873620462     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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