Distribution of mercury in the organs and tissues of five toothed-whale species of the Mediterranean

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Frodello, J P ^a   Romeo M ^b   Viale, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Mercury; Mercury biotransformation; Mercury storage; Toothed whales

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BONE; CEPHALOPOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FISH; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SKIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; ODONTOCETI; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SCOMBRIDAE; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TRACHURUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0034104835     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00221-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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