A dynamic model using monitoring data and watershed characteristics to project fish tissue mercury concentrations in stream systems

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 709-722

  Chan, Caroline ^a   Heinbokel, John F ^b   Myers, John A ^a   Jacobsy, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville and Center for Interdisciplinary Excellence in System Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dynamic modeling; Fish tissue Hg; Stream systems; Watershed characteristics

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; INDIANA; MERCURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84874139687     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1302     Document Type: Article

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