Effects of dietary methylmercury on juvenile Sacramento blackfish bioenergetics

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-123

  Houck, Ann ^a   Cech Jr , Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish bioenergetics; MeHg assimilation; Methylmercury (MeHg)

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGETICS; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; LETHALITY; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

CALIFORNIA; CLEAR LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; MICROLEPIDOTUS; ORTHODON MICROLEPIDOTUS; PISCES;

EID: 3142663146     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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