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Title: Influence of environmental variables on bioaccumulation of mercury. Environmental effects of dredging. Technical note

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:113792

The purpose of this note examines the effects of environmental factors on the bioavailability of mercury from sediment and describes results of a laboratory experiment to assess the influence of temperature, salinity, and suspended sediment on bioaccumulation of mercury in estuarine clams and killifish.

Research Organization:
Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Environmental Lab.
OSTI ID:
113792
Report Number(s):
AD-A-293016/2/XAB; TRN: 52610966
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English