Mercury in Tissues of Selected Estuarine Fishes from Minimally Impacted Bays of Coastal Texas

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Sager, D R ^a  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LAKE WATER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; FISH; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LIVER; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642471945     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0253-4     Document Type: Article

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