Striped dolphin detoxificates mercury as insoluble Hg(S, Se) in the liver

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 178-183

  Ng, Poh Sing ^a   Li, Hui ^b   Matsumoto, Kazuko ^b   Yamazaki, Sunao ^a   Kogure, Toshihiro ^c   Tagai, Tokuhei ^c   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomineralization; Detoxification; Marine mammal; Mercury; Selenium; Stenella coeruleoalba; Striped dolphin; Tiemannite

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044531174     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.77.178     Document Type: Article

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