Metal levels in tissues of Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus) from Lake Okeechobee

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 187-201

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Orlando, E F ^c,d   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,e   Binczik, G A ^c   Guillette Jr , L J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Chromium; Fish advisories; Food chain; Gar; Heavy metals; Lead; Lepisosteus platyrhincus; Manganese; Mercury; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; LAKES;

METAL LEVEL;

TISSUE;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL; LAKE ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GONAD; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GONADS; HUMANS; LIVER; METALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LEPISOSTEUS; LEPISOSTEUS PLATYRHINCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0742289210     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000003589.00238.f6     Document Type: Article

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