Mercury in the marine food chain in the Southern Ocean at Macquarie Island: An analysis of a top predator, Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) and a mid-trophic species, the warty squid (Moroteuthis ingens)

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  McArthur, Tertia ^a   Butler, Edward C V ^a,b   Jackson, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CEPHALOPOD; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TROPHIC LEVEL;

MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CEPHALOPODA; DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES; MOROTEUTHIS INGENS; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347930306     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0560-6     Document Type: Article

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