Total mercury and methylmercury accumulation in the muscle tissue of frigate (Auxis thazard thazard) and yellow fin (Thunnus albacares) tuna from the gulf of Guinea, Ghana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 840-847

  Voegborlo, R B ^a   Matsuyama, A ^b   Akagi, H ^b   Adimado, A A ^a   Ephraim, J H ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUXIS THAZARD; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD INTAKE; GHANA; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; THUNNUS ALBACARES; TUNA;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TUNA;

AUXIS THAZARD THAZARD; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 33745261315     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0995-x     Document Type: Article

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