A comparison of the non-essential elements cadmium, mercury, and lead found in fish and sediment from Alaska and California

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 189-205

  Meador, James P ^a   Ernest, Don W ^a   Kagley, Anna N ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AVS; Bioaccumulation; Cadmium; Fish; Lead; Mercury; Metal depletion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISHERIES; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SULFIDE MINERALS;

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES (AVS); BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

ACID; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ELEMENT; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SULFIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; FISH; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GILL; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACIDS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SULFIDES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; INVERTEBRATA; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTES;

EID: 14644394876     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.028     Document Type: Article

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