Spatial and temporal patterns of mercury concentrations in freshwater fish across the Western United States and Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 1171-1184

  Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a   Ackerman, Joshua T ^b   Willacker, James J ^a   Tate, Michael T ^c   Lutz, Michelle A ^c   Fleck, Jacob A ^b   Stewart, A Robin ^d   Wiener, James G ^e   Evers, David C ^f   Lepak, Jesse M ^g   Davis, Jay A ^h   Pritz, Colleen Flanagan ⁱ  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN WATER SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^f BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Biodiversity Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^h SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Guild; Habitat; Hotspot; Landscape; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GUILD; HABITAT; HOT SPOT; LANDSCAPE; METHYL MERCURY;

FISH;

MERCURY; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FORAGING GUILD; FRESHWATER FISH; HABITAT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84989910178     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.229     Document Type: Article

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