Fish mercury and surface water sulfate relationships in the Everglades Protection Area

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-593

  Gabriel, Mark C ^a   Howard, Nicole ^b   Osborne, Todd Z ^b,c  

^a Ecosystems Research Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; CERP; Everglades; Fish; Mercury; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); SURFACE WATERS; SURGE PROTECTION; WATER;

CERP; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; EVERGLADES; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SULFATE; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GAMBUSIA; LARGEMOUTH BASS; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT; SUNFISH; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLORIDA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898543860     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0224-4     Document Type: Article

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