Mercury content in commercial pelagic fish and its risk assessment in the Western Indian Ocean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 688-700

  Kojadinovic, Jessica ^a,b,c   Potier, Michel ^d   Le Corre, Matthieu ^a   Cosson, Richard P ^b   Bustamante, Paco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Health standards; Impregnation levels; Mercury; Mozambique Channel; Pelagic fish; Reunion Island

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH STANDARDS; IMPREGNATION LEVELS; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; PELAGIC FISH; REUNION ISLAND;

MARINE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PELAGIC FISH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; DRY WEIGHT; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; HEALTH; INDIAN OCEAN; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33745959177     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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