Transformations of mercury in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 304, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 269-284

  Jereb, Vesna ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a   Drobne, Damjana ^b   Pihlar, Boris ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Demethylation; Isopod; Mercury; Methylation; Methylmercury; Porcellio scaber; Radiotracers

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS; TOLUENE;

BIOLOGICAL CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DITHRANOL DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; TRACER;

CRUSTACEAN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSTACEA; DEMETHYLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GONAD; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; LEACHING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ISOPODA; MERCURY; METHYLATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 0037456834     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00574-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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