Direct and trophic contamination of the herbivorous carp Ctenopharyngodon idella by inorganic mercury and methylmercury

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-59

  Simon, O ^a   Boudou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Direct contamination; Fish; Herbivorous species; Mercury; Methylmercury; Transfer rates; Trophic contamination

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; METHYLATION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TISSUE LEVEL;

CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; EGERIA DENSA; ELODEA; ELODEA DENSA;

EID: 0034854698     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.2001.2086     Document Type: Article

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