Fish mercury bioaccumulation as a function of feeding behavior and hydrological cycles of the Rio Negro, Amazon

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 275-283

  Dorea, Jose G ^a   Barbosa, Antonio C ^b   Silva, Gilmar S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency)   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Annual flood; Fish; Inundation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOODING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACARICHTHYS; ANIMALIA; HEMIODUS; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; HYDROLYCUS SCOMBEROIDES; LEPORINUS FRIDERICI; MYLEUS; POTAMORHINA LATIOR; SEMAPROCHILODUS TAENIURUS; SERRASALMUS; SERRASALMUS RHOMBEUS; TRIPORTHEUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 33644936387     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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