Increasing mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification rates of Nile perch (Lates niloticus L.) in Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya.
Drouillard KG, Campbell L, Otieno D, Achiya J, Getabu A, Mwamburi J, Sitoki L, Omondi R, Shitandi A, Owuor B, Njiru J, Bullerjahn G, Mckay RM, Otiso KM, Tebbs E; NSF-IRES Lake Victoria Research Consortium.
Drouillard KG, et al.
Sci Total Environ. 2024 Mar 15;916:170059. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170059. Epub 2024 Jan 17.
Sci Total Environ. 2024.
PMID: 38242476
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We focused on shifts in food web structure and total mercury (THg) bioaccumulation and biomagnification in Nile perch, and lower food web items collected from Winam Gulf (Kenya) sampled 24 years apart (1998 and 2022). Stable isotope carbon (delta(13)C) values were higher i …
We focused on shifts in food web structure and total mercury (THg) bioaccumulation and biomagnification in Nile perch, and lower food web it …