Influence of water quality on the accumulation of methyl 203mercury in gill tissue of minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-197

  Block, Mats ^a,c   Pärt, Peter ^a   Wicklund Glynn, Anders ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Environmental Toxicology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ca; Chloride; Fish; Methyl mercury; pH; Speciation; Uptake; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; MERCURY 203; METHYLMERCURY; OCTANOL; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GILL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

1-OCTANOL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; CYPRINIDAE; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY RADIOISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SWEDEN; WATER;

EID: 0344972994     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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