Mercury Bioaccumulation in Fishes from Subalpine Lakes in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Northeastern Oregon and Western Idaho (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497419087)

Mercury (Hg) is a globally distributed pollutant that poses considerable risks to human and wildlife health. Over the past 150 years since the advent of the industrial revolution, approximately 80 percent of global emissions have come from anthropogenic sources, largely fossil fuel combustion. As a result, atmospheric deposition of Hg has increased by up to 4-fold above pre-industrial times. Because of their isolation, remote high-elevation lakes represent unique environments for evaluating the bioaccumulation of atmospherically deposited Hg through freshwater food webs, as well as for evaluating the relative importance of Hg loading versus landscape influences on Hg bioaccumulation.

Author: U. S. Department of the Interior
ISBN-10: 1497419085
ISBN-13: 9781497419087
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2014
Pages: 46
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.10d