Mercury levels in tissues of Giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) from the Rio Negro, Pantanal, Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 368-371

  Dias Fonseca, Fabrizio Rafael ^a   Malm, Olaf ^b   Waldemarin, Helen Francine ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Projeto Ecolontras   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Giant otter; Mercury; Pantanal (Brazil); Pteronura brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR LEVEL; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; OTTERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LUTRINAE; PTERONURA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 19444362657     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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