Long-term study of mercury concentrations in fish following cessation of a mercury-containing discharge

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-40

  Francesconi, Kevin A ^a,c   Lenanton, Rodney C J ^a   Caputi, Nicolavito ^a   Jones, Stewart ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; EFFLUENT STANDARD; FISH; FISHING; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TELEOST; TISSUE LEVEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISCHARGE CESSATION; FISH; MERCURY; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PRINCESS ROYAL HARBOUR;

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031060677     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(95)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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