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Mercury content of smelt in Cayuga Lake in central New York State
W H Gutenmann1, C M Reid, D J Lisk
1Toxic Chemical Laboratory, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, USA.
Chemosphere
|July 14, 1998
Abstract:
Smelt (Osmerus mordax) were netted from Cayuga Lake in Central New York State and analyzed for mercury concentration. There was no statistical significance (p > 0.05) when attempting to correlate mercury concentration with fish length or weight for either sex. Factors affecting methylation, demethylation and absorption of mercury are discussed.
