| mercury concentrations in pond fish in relation to a coal-fired power plant. | many studies have reported that atmospheric mercury is the primary cause for bioaccumulation in fish from remote lakes. few data, however, are available on the possible effects of near-field mercury deposition on mercury concentrations in fish from local waters. mercury concentrations were surveyed in fish from 23 ponds in the vicinity of a 543-megawatt coal-fired power plant located at dickerson, maryland. a stratified random sampling design was used to select ponds within zones delineated by c ... | 1997 | 9294253 |
| a survey of size-specific mercury concentrations in game fish from maryland fresh and estuarine waters. | a survey of size-specific mercury (hg) concentrations in game fish from a subset of maryland fresh and estuarine waters was conducted, in which hg concentrations in 112 fish from seven freshwater impoundments and three tidal and four estuarine locations in chesapeake bay and its tributaries were measured. striped bass (morone saxatilis) was the most intensively examined species. of the fish examined, the largest freshwater sportfish contained the highest hg concentrations. striped bass and large ... | 2000 | 10790502 |
| total mercury concentrations in lakes and fish of western maryland, usa. | the purpose of this study was to quantify total mercury concentrations in three species of fish in three lakes of western maryland: piney creek reservoir, deep creek lake, and lake habeeb. we measured total mercury concentrations in water from each lake and muscle tissue from 119 fish collected in fall 2000: 15 largemouth bass (micropterus salmoides), 15 yellow perch (perca flavescens), and 15 bluegill (lepomis macrochirus) from the piney creek reservoir; 15 largemouth bass, 15 yellow perch, and ... | 2002 | 11994787 |
| factors controlling mercury and methylmercury concentrations in largemouth bass (micropterus salmoides) and other fish from maryland reservoirs. | the concentration of mercury (hg) and methylmercury (mehg) was determined for largemouth bass (micropterus salmoides), bluegill (lepomis macrochirus) and black crappie (pomoxis nigromaculatus) from maryland reservoirs. overall, there was a large difference in normalized bass mehg concentration (for fish of approximately 370 mm) between the reservoirs, ranging from <100 ng g(-1) to almost 800 ng g(-1). furthermore, the relationship between fish weight and mehg concentration varied substantially b ... | 2005 | 16205988 |