Mercury and organochlorines in black bream, Acanthopagrus butcheri, from the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia: Evidence for temporal increases in mercury levels

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 970-976

  Fabris, G ^a   Theodoropoulos, T ^a   Sheehan, A ^a   Abbott, B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE VICTORIA RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthopagrus butcheri; Bioaccumulation; Black bream; Fish; Mercury; Organochlorine insecticides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; COAL; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INSECTICIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; LIVER; MINING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; ANIMALIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032760382     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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