A comparison of mercury biomagnification through lacustrine food webs supporting Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and other salmonid fishes

A comparison of mercury biomagnification through lacustrine food webs supporting Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and other salmonid fishes

Methyl mercury (MeHg) bioaccumulation in lower-trophic-level organisms and its subsequent biomagnification through food webs differs in magnitude among lakes and results in intraspecific variability of MeHg in top predator fishes. Understanding these differences is critical given the reproductive an...

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Main Authors: Monica LD Finley, Karen A Kidd, R Allen Curry, Gretchen L Lescord, Meredith G Clayden, Nelson J O'Driscoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
Mercury
Stable isotopes
food webs
brook trout
trophic magnification slope
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00023/full

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