Effects of hypolimnetic oxygen addition on mercury bioaccumulation in Twin Lakes, Washington, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2015, Pages 688-700

  Beutel, Marc ^a   Dent, Stephen ^a   Reed, Brandon ^a   Marshall, Piper ^a   Gebremariam, Seyoum ^a   Moore, Barry ^b   Cross, Benjamin ^c   Gantzer, Paul ^d   Shallenberger, Ed ^e  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fish and Wildlife Department Colville Confederated Tribes   (United States)

^d Gantzer Water Resources LLC   (United States)

^e EcoAnalyst Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Hypolimnetic oxygenation; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; LIQUEFIED GASES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXYGENATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

BINDING AFFINITIES; INDIAN RESERVATION; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; METHYL MERCURY; OXYGEN ADDITION; RECREATIONAL FISHINGS; WASHINGTON , USA; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

CHLOROPHYLL; METHYLMERCURY; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISHING; LAKE WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXYGENATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SOUTH DAKOTA; TWIN LAKES [SOUTH DAKOTA]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; MERCURY; OXYGEN; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84910059573     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.117     Document Type: Article

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