Total and methylmercury in a Brazilian estuary, Rio de Janeiro

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1018-1023

  Kehrig, H A ^a   Costa, M ^b   Moreira, I ^c   Malm, O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fish; Guanabara Bay; Methylmercury; Mussel; Total mercury; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; WATER QUALITY;

TROPHIC LEVELS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MICROORGANISM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO;

EID: 0036804835     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00140-6     Document Type: Article

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