Half a century of changing mercury levels in Swedish freshwater fish

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-103

  Åkerblom, Staffan ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Meili, Markus ^c   Sonesten, Lars ^a   Sundbom, Marcus ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental Quality Standard; Freshwater; Mercury; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FRESHWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); STANDARD (REGULATION); TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

SWEDEN;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METABOLISM; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84919717823     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0564-1     Document Type: Article

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