Mercury stable isotopes in sediments and largemouth bass from Florida lakes, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-175

  Sherman, Laura S ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired utility boilers; Mass independent fractionation; Micropterus salmoides; Photochemical demethylation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COAL-FIRED UTILITIES; DEMETHYLATION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; LIGHT PENETRATION DEPTH; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; MICROPTERUS; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION;

COAL; DEPOSITS; ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERIES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PERCIFORM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL POWER; FOOD WEB; LAKE; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BASS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POWER PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRYSTAL RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 84875267914     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.038     Document Type: Article

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