Percent methylmercury and organic mercury in tissues of marine mammals and fish using different experimental and calculation methods

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1859-1866

  Wagemann, Rudolf ^a   Trebacz, Ewa ^a   Hunt, Robert ^a   Boila, Gail ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Average percent; Marine mammals; Mercury; Methylmercury; Organic mercury

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FISH; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030852690     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1859:PMAOMI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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