Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of ChangeReed Harris, Michael W. Murray, Tamara Saltman, Robert Mason, David P. Krabbenhoft, Robin Reash CRC Press, 5 mar. 2007 - 240 pagini As rising levels of mercury in the environment pose an increasing threat of toxicity to humans and wildlife, several laws already call for industries to reduce mercury emissions at the source. Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change outlines the infrastructure and methods needed to measure, monitor, and regulate the conce |
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Chapter 1 Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 2 Airsheds and Watersheds | 13 |
Chapter 3 Monitoring and Evaluating Trends in Sediment and Water Indicators | 47 |
Chapter 4 Monitoring and Evaluating Trends in Methylmercury Accumulation in Aquatic Biota | 87 |
Chapter 5 Wildlife Indicators | 123 |
Chapter 6 An Integrated Framework for Ecological Mercury Assessments | 191 |
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Back cover | 221 |
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Air Soil Pollut airsheds analysis anthropogenic aquatic biota aquatic ecosystems Arch Environ Contam assessment atmospheric deposition atmospheric Hg deposition atmospheric mercury deposition benthic bioaccumulation bioindicators biological indicators biota Bodaly Burger changes in atmospheric changes in Hg changes in mercury common loons common terns concentrations of MeHg editors effects eggs Environ Contam Toxicol Environ SciTechnol Environ Toxicol Chem feathers Fish Aquat Sci fluxes food webs forest freshwater global Gochfeld habitat Hg loading Hg monitoring intensive lakes measurements MeHg concentrations mercury concentrations mercury contamination mercury emissions mercury exposure mercury levels mercury loadings metals methylation methylmercury models monitoring program Periphyton phytoplankton piscivorous piscivorous fish potential prey fish regional response RGHg sampling sediment SETAC sources spatial species surface waters THg and MeHg tissue total Hg total mercury toxicity tree swallows trends in mercury trophic levels uptake USEPA variability Water Air Soil watershed Watras CJ wet deposition wetlands wildlife yellow perch zooplankton