Mercury contamination and growth rate two piscivore populations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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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
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
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