Trophic Structure and Mercury Biomagnification in Tropical Fish Assemblages, Iténez River, Bolivia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pouilly, Marc ^a   Rejas, Danny ^b   Pérez, Tamara ^b   Duprey, Jean Louis ^c   Molina, Carlos I ^d   Hubas, Cédric ^e   Guimarães, Jean Remy D ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Développement US Imago   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BOLIVIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; DIET; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHYTON; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 84878600592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065054     Document Type: Article

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