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14. 14 Sample Article Record Accession Number PREV200000059339 Author/Editor/Inventor Foster E P [a]. Drake D L. DiDomenico G. Institution [a] Water Quality Division, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 811 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR USA. Country USA. Title Seasonal changes and tissue distribution of mercury in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) from Dorena Reservoir, Oregon. Source Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology. 38(1). Jan., 2000. 78-82. Year of Publication 2000 Publication Type Article. ISSN 0090-4341

15. 15 Sample Article Record Concept Codes Toxicology/Environmental and Industrial Toxicology [22506] Biochemical Studies/General [10060] Digestive System/General; Methods [14001] Public Health: Environmental Health/Air, Water and Soil Pollution [37015] Reproductive System/General; Methods [16501] Muscle/General; Methods [17501] Biosystematic Codes Osteichthyes [85206] Languages English. Summary Language English. Abstract Mercury contamination in fish has lead to the issuance of fish consumption advisories in many water bodies of the United States. There is evidence hat mercury concentrations may fluctuate seasonally, which could affect consumption advisories. Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) were collected from Dorena Reservoir, Oregon………….

16. 16 Sample Article Record Major Concepts Pollution Assessment Control and Management. Toxicology. Super Taxa Osteichthyes: Pisces, Vertebrata, Chordata, Animalia. Organisms Micropterus salmoides (Osteichthyes): bioindicator. Taxa Notes Animals; Chordates; Fish; Nonhuman Vertebrates; Vertebrates. Parts, Structures & Systems of Organisms gonads: reproductive system; liver: digestive system; muscle: muscular system; ovaries: reproductive system. Chemicals & Biochemicals mercury: heavy metal, pollutant, tissue distribution. Registry Numbers 7439-97-6: MERCURY. Geopolitical Location Dorena Reservoir (Oregon, USA, North America, Nearctic region). Miscellaneous Descriptors fish consumption advisories; seasonality. Update Code 200007. BIOSIS Update: 20000202.

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