Water striders (family Gerridae): Mercury sentinels in small freshwater ecosystems

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-171

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a,b   Al, Tom A ^a,b   MacQuarrie, Kerry T B ^a,b   Ritchie, Charles D ^b   Arp, Paul A ^b   Maprani, Antu ^a,b   Cunjak, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Brook trout; Gold mine; Sentinel; Streams

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; WATER STRIDERS;

CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MINING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; TROUT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HEMIPTERA; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FONTINALIS; GERRIDAE; HEMIPTERA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 9644303541     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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