Mercury concentrations in Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) from Eastern Dongting Lake, China

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Dong, Wei Wei ^a,b   Xu, Ying ^a   Wang, Ding ^a   Hao, Yu Jiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Dongting Lake; Mercury; Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis; Yangtze finless porpoise

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECTROSCOPY; WHALE;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

ANIMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES ASIAEORIENTALIS; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33744478397     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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