Mercury, organic-mercury and selenium in small cetaceans in Taiwanese waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 1-12, 2002, Pages 237-245

  Chen, Meng Hsien ^a   Shih, Chieh Chih ^a   Chou, Chiu Long ^a,c   Chou, Lien Siang ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background levels; Bottlenose dolphin (Turiops truncatus); Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella atteunuata); Risso's dolphin (Grampus giseus); Spinner dolphin (S. longirostris); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MUSCLE; TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SELENIUM; WATER;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEAN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; CETACEA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SELENIUM; TAIWAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; GRAMPUS; MAMMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0036742434     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00095-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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