Methylmercury exposure in wildlife: a review of the ecological and physiological processes affecting contaminant concentrations and their interpretation

J Chételat, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) can result in detrimental health effects in wildlife. With
advances in ecological indicators and analytical techniques for measurement of MeHg in a …

Stable isotope tracers: Enriching our perspectives and questions on sources, fates, rates, and pathways of major elements in aquatic systems

PM Glibert, JJ Middelburg… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope applications have evolved from simple characterizations of isotope
composition in organisms and organic matter, to highly complex methodologies on scales …

Trophic magnification factors: considerations of ecology, ecosystems, and study design

K Borgå, KA Kidd, DCG Muir… - Integrated …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent reviews by researchers from academia, industry, and government have revealed that
the criteria used by the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants under the …

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury through food webs

K Kidd, M Clayden, T Jardine - Environmental chemistry and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury (Hg) is one of the few metals known to accumulate through food webs to
concentrations that are much higher in upper trophic level organisms than those in primary …

Resource use of great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) off eastern Australia

V Raoult, MK Broadhurst, VM Peddemors… - Journal of fish …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Great hammerhead sharks Sphyrna mokarran are the largest member of Sphyrnidae, yet the
roles of these large sharks in the food webs of coastal ecosystems are still poorly …

Sulfur stable isotope indicators of residency in estuarine fish

B Fry, MM Chumchal - Limnology and Oceanography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Estuarine fish may remain as residents in areas with favorable conditions for feeding and
refuge, but become mobile and transient where conditions are less favorable. We developed …

Practical advice for selecting or determining trophic magnification factors for application under the European Union Water Framework Directive

KA Kidd, LP Burkhard, M Babut, K Borgå… - Integrated …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT European Union Directive 2013/39/EU, which amended and updated the Water
Framework Directive (WFD; 2000/60/EC) and its daughter directive (2008/105/EC), sets …

Improving stable isotope assessments of inter‐and intra‐species variation in coral reef fish trophic strategies

JD Cybulski, C Skinner, Z Wan, CKM Wong… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fish have one of the highest occurrences of individual specialization in trophic strategies
among Eukaryotes. Yet, few studies characterize this variation during trophic niche analysis …

Estimates of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) diet in Lake Ontario using two and three isotope mixing models

SF Colborne, SA Rush, G Paterson, TB Johnson… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent development of multi-dimensional stable isotope models for estimating both foraging
patterns and niches have presented the analytical tools to further assess the food webs of …

Striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) exploit food sources across anaerobic decomposition- and primary photosynthetic production-based food chains

A Medo, N Ohte, H Kajitani, T Nose, Y Manabe… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Dietary information from aquatic organisms is instrumental in predicting biological
interactions and understanding ecosystem functionality. In freshwater habitats, generalist …