Interspecific distribution and co-associations of chemical elements in the liver tissue of marine mammals from the Polish Economical Exclusive Zone, Baltic Sea

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-532

  Ciesielski, T ^a   Szefer, P ^a   Bertenyi, Zs ^b   Kuklik, I ^c   Skora K ^c   Namiesnik J ^d   Fodor, P ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Macroelements; Marine mammals; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIODIVERSITY; METALS; NONMETALS; NUTRITION; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CETACEANS; MACROELEMENTS; MARINE MAMMALS; PINNIPEDS;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; FISHING GEAR; HEALTH STATUS; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CETACEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; LIVER; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33646014121     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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