Accumulation of mercury in the tissues of the common octopus Octopus vulgaris (L.) in two localities on the Portuguese coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Seixas, Sónia ^a   Bustamante, Paco ^b   Pierce, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Marine pollution; Mercury, Octopus; Toxic element

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MUSCLE; SEAWATER; TISSUE;

DIGESTIVE GLAND INDEX; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; MATURATION; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CEPHALOPOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISHERY; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXOCRINE GLAND; FISHERY; GILL; GONAD; HEART; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; MERCURY; OCTOPODIFORMES; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CASCAIS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL]; WORLD;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; VIANA;

EID: 14844312007     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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