Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 8-12, 2005, Pages 896-911

  Agusa, Tetsuro ^a   Kunito, Takashi ^b   Yasunaga, Genta ^a,d   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Ismail, Ahmad ^c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Marine fish; Mercury; Risk assessment; Trace elements; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHROMIUM; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANGANESE; MUSCLE; OCEAN HABITATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

DAILY FISH CONSUMPTION; MALAYSIA; MARINE FISH; OIL CONTAMINATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BARIUM; BISMUTH; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; OIL; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; LIVER; MALAYSIA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; LIVER; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRAIT OF MALACCA;

ANIMALIA; SELAR CRUMENOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 27744483615     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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