Mercury species in the liver of ringed seals

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 261, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 21-32

  Wagemann, Rudolf ^a   Trebacz, Ewa ^a   Boila, Gail ^a   Lockhart, W L ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver; Mercuric selenide; Mercury; Mercury fractionation; Mercury species; Methylmercury; Organic mercury; Ringed seals

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PINNIPED;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECOTOXICITY; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEALS, EARLESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

EID: 0034676120     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00592-1     Document Type: Article

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