Mercury contamination and growth rate two piscivore populations
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
By: C.P. Stafford and T.A. Haines
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Abstract
We found no relationship between fish growth rate and mercury concentration in a lake trout population and conditional support for an inverse relationship in a smallmouth bass population. A bioenergetics model indicated that mercury concentration was more responsive to dietary mercury intake than to growth rate. When biodilution is evident, it may bias contaminant versus fish size relationships.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Mercury contamination and growth rate two piscivore populations |
| Series title | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| DOI | 10.1002/etc.5620200933 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Publication Date | September 01, 2001 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 2099 |
| Last page | 2101 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| Other Geospatial | Carlton Pond, Moosehead Lake |