Insect-mediated contaminant flux at the land–water interface: Are ecological subsidies driving exposure or is exposure driving subsidies?

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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Abstract

Chemical contamination of freshwaters is a global problem. In the United States alone, millions of kilometers of rivers and hectares of lakes and wetlands are impaired from contamination by chemicals including mercury, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and trace metals (US Environmental Protection Agency, 2017). Efforts to mitigate the risks of contamination have largely focused on aquatic endpoints. However, these contaminants pose a risk not only to life in freshwater ecosystems but also to the terrestrial organisms that depend on freshwater ecosystems for food.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Insect-mediated contaminant flux at the land–water interface: Are ecological subsidies driving exposure or is exposure driving subsidies?
Series title Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
DOI 10.1002/etc.5203
Volume 40
Issue 11
Year Published 2021
Language English
Publisher Wiley
Contributing office(s) Columbia Environmental Research Center, Fort Collins Science Center
Description 6 p.
First page 2953
Last page 2958
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