Bioconcentration and Biomagnification of Mercury and Methylmercury in North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Fish

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 498-508

  Baeyens, W ^a   Leermakers, M ^a   Papina, T ^b   Saprykin, A ^c   Brion, N ^a   Noyen, J ^d   De Gieter, M ^a   Elskens, M ^a   Goeyens, L ^a,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c INTERNATIONAL TOMOGRAPHY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Belgium)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SHELLFISH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLLUSCA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORTH SEA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHELLFISH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SOLEA LASCARIS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142031539     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2136-4     Document Type: Article

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